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Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.

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The Protestant Heiliggeistkirche in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in southwest Germany, saw its 423 seats quickly booked up for the initial service on May 12.

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A champion Chinese table tennis player who lost a vitally important game that could have propelled him to the world number one spot, has been accused of not focusing on training by going to a Taylor Swift concert instead.

The number of visitors from China to the city state has very nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, outpacing the recovery in both Thailand and Indonesia – and way ahead of Europe and the US.

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Using a VIP lanyard, Wu Zhihong tried to trick security officers into believing that a 20-year-old who paid him US$417 had a valid concert ticket for one of Swift’s Singapore tour dates.

Tay Tay’s boyfriend Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, Shinee’s Choi Min-ho, actors Barry Keoghan, Heart Evangelista and Carina Lau, and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew just descended on Singapore

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Some businesses had lower-than-expected earnings, as Taylor Swift’s fans were much younger than their usual customers. Others such as craft and bead stores saw a boom.

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‘I don’t think the Hong Kong government can get away with paying taxpayers’ money, whatever the cause is, without telling people how much,’ ex-city leader CY Leung says.

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Deputy youth and sports minister Adam Adli said the gig was never offered to the country under a joint contract with Sportswork and a US-based company.

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Mama Swift attended Singapore American School while Tay Tay’s grandmother Marjorie Finlay performed in a production of The Bartered Bride 50 years before Swift’s Eras Tour

Yang Chenguang allegedly talked to guards at the venue to distract them, while Li Xiao Wei held onto a turnstile at the entrance to allow the trio to go through.

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It has been a crazy couple of years for Clio Peppiatt, who designed Taylor Swift’s 34th birthday dress and whose glitzy party creations have been worn by Rosé, Emma Chamberlain and Kim Kardashian.

Srettha Thavisin’s spokesperson said the Thai leader drew attention to the city state’s exclusive deal with the singer to ‘admire and compliment Singapore’.

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From Taylor Swift’s watch choker and Timothée Chalamet’s Cartier love at the Grammys, to LVMH’s moves and exciting collabs by Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Casio

Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday defended Singapore paying the US pop star to make his country the sole Southeast Asian stop on her world tour, following complaints from neighbouring nations about the deal.

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Culture minister Edwin Tong, an ‘accidental Swiftie’, said the bottom line is that the government hustled a deal that works for the country and Singaporeans.

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