Bengaluru floods: India’s waterlogged IT city sparks memes and anger
2022-09-06
Several areas of Bengaluru are inundated, forcing businesses and schools to shut.Continue Reading
2 public entertainment outlets on Middle Road suspected of providing hostessing services, 31 people arrested
2022-09-06
SINGAPORE: Two public entertainment outlets along Middle Road were found to have allegedly provided hostessing services during an enforcement operation on Saturday (Sep 3), resulting in 31 people arrested. Twenty-nine women were suspected of providing hostessing services, and they were arrested for working without a valid work permit, said police in aContinue Reading
Tech workers left hanging as Sea ecommerce arm Shopee rescinds job offers
2022-09-06
South-East Asia’s largest ecommerce firm Shopee has rescinded dozens of job offers in the past two weeks, sources said, a move that began shortly after parent company Sea Ltd reported widening losses and sharply slower revenue growth. Read full storyContinue Reading
Sony’s PlayStation architect to retire after decades at company
2022-09-06
Sony Group Corp is set to lose its longtime PlayStation hardware architect Masayasu Ito, who will retire at the end of this month. Read full storyContinue Reading
Tech workers left hanging as Sea e-commerce arm Shopee rescinds job offers
2022-09-06
“Due to adjustments to hiring plans on some tech teams, a number of roles at Shopee are no longer available. We are working closely to support those affected,” a company representative said. The move follows other recent job cuts at Sea. Staff at Booyah!, a gaming livestream app, which isContinue Reading
Outcry as Chinese lockdown traps residents during earthquake
2022-09-06
Some say they tried to flee during an earthquake but found their gates locked due to Covid restrictions.Continue Reading
Four months’ jail for ex-lecturer in SG who took students’ upskirt videos, photos on campus
2022-09-06
A lecturer was working at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East in Simei when he took upskirt videos and photographs of multiple students. Read full storyContinue Reading
Amazon grapples with more labour strife, this time in Japan
2022-09-06
Amazon.com Inc, which is struggling to quell workplace movements from the US to Europe, faces a growing union effort in Asia’s second largest economy. Read full storyContinue Reading
Four-year-old’s ambulance call helps save mother in Australia
2022-09-06
Australian boy Monty Cocker had been taught how to call paramedics only a day before the emergency.Continue Reading
Strong demand for larger flats in August BTO exercise, with Tampines units most popular
2022-09-06
She said that demand is stronger in Ang Mo Kio and Tampines because these places are in mature estates. The Tampines project has one of the shortest completion periods – about 36 months – and is set to be ready by the second quarter of 2026. “We noticed that five-roomContinue Reading