Phone use must now be handsfree if driving
Motorists using a mobile phone must use a handsfree wireless connection under a new police regulation now in force nationwide, government deputy spokeswoman Tipanan Sirichana warned on Friday.Continue Reading
Limiting contact in practice may be one of the best ways to reduce head injuries in youth football, study finds
Mark Jonas, a member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, knows what it takes to make kids into champions on the football field. He just took over the team at the Southern Door High School in rural Wisconsin and changed practice this summer to try to keep his players healthy.Continue Reading
AI boom no longer a false promise, as China tackles talent shortage
This is the second of a three-part series where CNA looks at China President Xi Jinping’s policies, as he seeks an unprecedented third term in power at the upcoming 20th Communist Party Congress.Continue Reading
Brace for impact: the coming war over Taiwan
The United States, after months of war, is finally standing up a command specifically designed to assist Ukraine. This formalizes the ad hoc efforts President Joe Biden’s administration and America’s allies have conducted since the Russian invasion began. Through a stroke of luck, American recalcitrance and Washington’s typically glacial reaction time did not condemn the West […]Continue Reading
Businessman killed in crash with turning truck
CHON BURI: An estate developer was killed in a collision with an 18-wheel trailer truck making a U-turn on a highway in Bang Lamung district on Thursday night, police said.Continue Reading
Untangling the threads of Iran’s nuclear narrative
It has been a busy few weeks for Iran-related headlines: domestic turmoil triggered by the death of a Kurdish woman while in custody for allegedly violating rules on wearing the hijab; negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal; and the release of an elderly former UNICEF official after more than six years. All of which has Iran watchers wondering: […]Continue Reading
Asia Mobiliti to enable Truck It with advertising technology
To provide telematics, geo-mapping technologies to Truck It
Combines outdoor advertising with IoT to bring innovation in AdTech Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd (Asia Mobiliti) has signed a commercial agreement with Truck It Sdn Bhd (Truck It).
In a statement, the mobility-as-a-service and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider said it will enable…Continue Reading
New US policy blocks China at the tech high end
The United States has transformed its policy toward China. This shift is not plain from the language of the National Security Strategy, released this week, even though that document identifies China as a country with “the intention and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international order in favor of one that tilts the global playing […]Continue Reading
Southeast Asia’s delivery ‘riders’ brave dangerous roads with limited insurance protection
The region has some of the most dangerous roads in the world with higher than average death rates, but delivery apps aren’t doing enough to protect their riders.
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Felicia Teo case: Man sentenced to 26 months’ jail for depositing body, taking her belongings and giving false evidence
SINGAPORE: A man who was originally charged with the murder of 19-year-old Felicia Teo 13 years after she went missing was sentenced on Friday (Oct 14) to 26 months’ jail for lesser charges. Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee, 37, admitted to four charges of depositing Ms Teo’s corpse, misappropriating her belongings,Continue Reading