Republican and Democratic candidates are pledging tough stances on China, hoping to woo voters who see China as a threat to national and job security.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob must publicly explain his refusal to heed the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s (MetMalaysia) expert advice against holding a general election this year, said Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Lim Guan Eng. This came after Mr Ismail Sabri said on Sunday (Nov 6) thatContinue Reading
Workers increasingly want flexibility in terms of time and location. The challenge for employers? Striking the right balance.Continue Reading
HANOI: Despite Vietnam’s solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy is struggling to quit dirty energy – leaving one of the world’s biggest coal power programmes largely intact. During the COP26 climate summit last year, the government boldly promised to end the construction of new coal plants andContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: Apple supplier Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant on Monday (Nov 7) kicked off a fresh recruitment drive seeking workers, saying that it would offer staff who had left in recent weeks a one-off bonus of 500 yuan (US$69.28) should they return. New workers will be offered a salary of 30 yuanContinue Reading
Sexual harassment, assault, and rape, are reportedly common in the camps and women and girls have nowhere to hide.
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TAIPEI: A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday (Nov 7), drawing an angry reaction from Beijing to the latest high-level engagement between a Western government and the island. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territoryContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A British minister will visit Taiwan this week for trade talks and meet President Tsai Ing-wen, his office said on Monday (Nov 7), the latest high-level engagement between a Western government and the island which China claims as its own territory. Britain’s Department for International Trade said Greg Hands,Continue Reading
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol apologised on Monday (Nov 7) for the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul, pledging to hold to account any officials found to be responsible for sloppy responses and to reform police and safety management systems. The Oct 29 crush killed 156 people, mostly in theirContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Authorities in Macao said the world’s biggest casino hub, blighted by a COVID-19 outbreak, is on track to return to relative normality after two rounds of mass COVID-19 tests last week found no new infections. The Chinese territory had been observing COVID-19 safety measures without any strict lockdownsContinue Reading