F1 is reaching a major milestone at the global box office as it enters its seventh weekend in release. After weeks of strong international performance, the racing drama has now surpassed World War Z to become Brad Pitt’s highest-grossing film of all time.

The Brad Pitt F1 movie is now widely reported to have broken the actor’s personal record for his highest-grossing film at the box office. Updated figures of $545million (£410m) in earnings at cinemas around the world sees the film overtake 2013’s World War Z as the highest-performing movie starring Pitt.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty to one charge of abetting the obstruction of justice on Monday in part of a landmark case that led to the jailing of former transport minister S. Iswaran for obtaining valuable items as a public servant last year.

A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year. Ong Beng Seng has admitted to abetting the obstruction of justice by helping ex-transportation minister Subramaniam Iswaran cover up evidence while he was being investigated for corruption.

A Malaysian hotel tycoon who helped bring Formula One to Singapore pleaded guilty Monday to abetting the obstruction of justice, in a rare corruption case in the city-state that saw