Five on Friday: 5 times we wish Apple would listen to us
2022-09-09
In CNA’s regular look at what hit the headlines during the week, Five on Friday imagine what it will be like to give consumer feedback to Apple. Continue Reading
Businessman arrested for spa tub-murder of estranged wife’s lover
2022-09-09
A businessman wanted by police after his estranged wife’s lover was shot dead in a spa tub at a resort in Khon Kaen on Wednesday night has been arrested in Lampang province.Continue Reading
Thailand sends condolences, sorrow on passing of Queen Elizabeth
2022-09-09
Thailand has expressed its “deepest sorrow” at death of Queen Elizabeth II and government offices will fly the national flag at half-mast for three working days as a mark of respect.Continue Reading
Murder at sea: North Korea killings roil politics in South
2022-09-09
Supporters of Yoon, a former prosecutor who won a close election in March vowing to get tough on Pyongyang after years of failed diplomacy, say he is simply trying to solve the cases. “It would be a bigger problem if prosecutors chose to ignore the allegations and bury the casesContinue Reading
Jolovan Wham fails in appeal over unlawful assembly outside court, chooses to go to jail again
2022-09-09
SINGAPORE: Activist Jolovan Wham will be going to jail instead of paying a fine for the third time, after losing his appeals against his sentence and conviction over an illegal assembly outside the State Courts in 2018. Wham, 42, took to the High Court on Friday (Sep 9) to appealContinue Reading
Singapore leaders send condolences after death of Queen Elizabeth II
2022-09-09
Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to King Charles III 9 September 2022 Your Majesty, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of your mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty The Queen was the very heart and soul of the United Kingdom. Her reign sawContinue Reading
Apple’s China iCloud operator warns of ‘dire’ Covid lockdown
2022-09-09
China’s latest Covid lockdown has virtually paralysed a city of 6 million that homes much of the country’s electronic information, forcing Apple Inc’s information centre operator to consider emergency measures in order to shut out the pandemic. Read full story Continue Reading
Recycling firm battles Jakarta’s plastic waste emergency
2022-09-09
Kurniawati’s company receives plastic from recycling centres across the greater Jakarta area – which has 30 million people – at its factory in Banten province outside the city. Then the company exports recycled plastic to European countries and also distributes it locally to be processed and used as packaging orContinue Reading
Frasers Property launches up to S$420 million worth of five-year green notes
2022-09-09
Up to S$300 million will be offered to retail investors, with a fixed interest rate of 4.49 per cent per annum.Continue Reading
The dark side of Facebook, Google, TikTok ‘dark ads’
2022-09-09
Once upon a time, most advertisements were public. If we wanted to see what advertisers were doing, we could easily find it – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards around the city. This meant governments, civil society and citizens could keep advertisers in check, especially when they advertised products that might be […]
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