Sai de Silva knows how to balance between work and motherhood
Entertainment
Wed, May 19, 2021
What does it mean to be a working mother? Fashionista Sai de Silva has the answer as the fashionista knows how to juggle her roles between being a style icon and a mother of two.
Mother of nine-year-old daughter London and four-year-old son, Rio, fashion influencer Sai de Silva is known to many for her popular Instagram account, @scoutthecity.
“You have such a bossy Instagram,” new mom Hannah Bronfman said, adding, “I feel like you are working 24/7.”
Sai de Silva creates posts on TikTok and Instagram. Blending her work, social media interactions and daily motherhood chores helped de Silva get her start.
May 19, 202112:07 PM UTC
Asia PacificâSlaveryâ found at a Malaysian glove factory. Why didnât the auditor see it?
A. AnanthalakshmiLiz LeeMei Mei Chu
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Top Glove workers wait in line for food distribution outside a hostel under enhanced lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Klang, Malaysia November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
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In December 2020, with coronavirus infections spreading rapidly across factories and workersâ dormitories in Malaysia, officials raided latex glove maker Brightway Holdings near Kuala Lumpur. They said they found workers living in shipping containers, under conditions so squalid that human resources minister M. Saravanan later likened them to âmodern slavery.â
32 Bangladeshis rescued, over 50 missing as migrant boat from Libya sinks
The UN says more than 700 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, compared to 1,400 for all of last year
AFPTunis
Published: 19 May 2021, 08:10
More than 50 people went missing after a migrant boat headed from Libya to Europe sank off Tunisia, the defence ministry said Tuesday.
Defence ministry spokesman Mohamed Zikri said 32 survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia.
All of those rescued are from Bangladesh, he added.
Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, told AFP, “We don’t know the nationality of the more than 50 who are missing”.
Immigration reset backlash: Kiwis not willing to do some jobs, say bosses
19 May, 2021 04:00 AM
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Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said the new border exceptions would allow more than 200 wealthy international investors to come to New Zealand over the next 12 months. Video / Mark Mitchell
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said the new border exceptions would allow more than 200 wealthy international investors to come to New Zealand over the next 12 months. Video / Mark Mitchell
Plans to reduce the country s reliance on low-skilled migrant workers have been met with backlash by industry heavyweights who say Kiwis aren t interested in doing the work.
Retail & ConsumerTarget forecasts more sales growth after bumper quarter
Nivedita BaluAishwarya Venugopal
3 minute read
A shopping cart is seen in a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Target Corp (TGT.N) on Wednesday posted quarterly sales that surged about 23%, raising hopes of booming demand through the year as consumers flock to stores and shop for more than just essentials.
Shares rose 4% after the retailer also forecast growth in comparable sales for the last two quarters of the year, countering Wall Street s fears of a sales drop, as it keeps pace with surging sales recorded during the pandemic s peak.