The Chinese engineer stated he learned e-commerce giant Shopee rescinded his offer right after landing in Singapore with his wife plus dog. The city condition is an attractive destination for Chinese workers and companies amid the slowing economy in your own home, but cutbacks are roiling tech firms worldwide. Read full story Continue Reading
“We appeal to the government to help end our miseries at the soonest, ” said Mohammad Safar, 38, outside their submerged home within Shikarpur in the southeastern province of Sindh on Wednesday. “The water must be drained out from here immediately so we can go back to our homes. ”Continue Reading
Flags and fanfare at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur as thousands marked the occasion. Continue Reading
SHIKARPUR, Pakistan: International aid agencies struggling to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by deadly floods in Pakistan have asked for the easing of curbs on imports of food from Pakistan’s old rival India, a Pakistani minister said on Wednesday. Unusually heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods that haveContinue Reading
BEIJING: Parts of China’s southern city of Guangzhou imposed COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday (Aug 31), joining the tech hub of Shenzhen in battling flare-ups, but fuelling uncertainty over commerce and daily life in two of the region’s most economically vibrant metropolises. Several of China’s biggest cities have stepped up COVID-19Continue Reading
Most of the rescued felines are believed to have been household pets and have been sent to local animal shelters, the statement added. Activists also found 31 sparrows – a protected species in China – at the scene and released them back into the wild. China has no animal crueltyContinue Reading
BEKASI, Indonesia: At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday (Aug 31) near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia’s West Java province, police said. The students were waiting at the bus stop after class in the city of Bekasi, whenContinue Reading
The court ruled that “atypical manifestations” of the family unit are equally deserving of social welfare benefits under the law.Continue Reading
BANGKOK: Thai police are hunting a YouTube dancer nicknamed “Nutty”, who swindled millions of dollars from her followers using a foreign exchange trading scam, authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 31). Natthamon Khongchak, 29, who also uses the aliases Leah and Suchata, has a following of nearly 850,000 on the video-sharingContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor has filed an application at the High Court, seeking the removal of the judge who heard her corruption case. Rosmah’s lawyer Akberdin Abdul Kader told Malaysian media that the application was filed at the High Court on TuesdayContinue Reading