SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old man who disrupted a bus service, shouted vulgarities at the driver and threw the driver’s mobile phone on the road was charged on Saturday (Nov 5) with causing public nuisance. Close to midnight on Oct 31, a car driven by the man – named as Teo KianContinue Reading
Workers at the plant in Zhengzhou, China, thought they were going to be part of a huge Covid experiment.Continue Reading
Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and home to tech success stories like GoTo and Bukalapak, but thanks to the market’s size and scale, we are only at the very beginning of its start-up story.Continue Reading
IdeaKita aims to create, foster 200 brand new tech companies by the end of the yearProgramme enables aspiring innovators, entrepreneurs to start their own tech firms Maxis and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) are collaborating to foster greater creativity and tech breakthroughs among startups through MDECâs IdeaKita programme. ÂIn a statement,…Continue Reading
PASIR GUDANG: A total of 38 tankers are being used to supply water to thousands of people in 70 residential areas here as SAJ Ranhill Sdn Bhd continues its efforts to fix two pipes that burst two days ago. Read full storyContinue Reading
Speculation regarding how secure Vladimir Putin’s position is surfaces every few years, but has intensified since the invasion of Ukraine, particularly in light of Russia’s military failures in recent months. Many of these speculative debates discuss either who will take the leadership position or what sort of regime – and led by who – will […]Continue Reading
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and President Joe Biden’s pledge that the United States would defend the island have escalated tensions in the Taiwan Strait. At the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of reunifying with Taiwan. The escalating US-China technology rivalry and global chip shortage make Taiwan’s role as […]Continue Reading
Overseas investors sold a record US$2.5 billion worth of mainland China shares on Monday, according to Bloomberg data. This pushes the year-to-date level into a “net outflow.” It comes as foreign investors fled after the twice-per-decade Communist Party congress at which Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to cement a power grab with an unprecedented third […]Continue Reading
DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading
DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading