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ANN/THE STATESMAN – As temperatures soar to unprecedented levels each day, returning home in the evening often prompts the desire for a cold shower (consider yourself fortunate if the water remains pleasantly cool rather than scalding hot upon activation). Just the notion of a cold shower evokes a sense of relief and revitalisation. However, did […]

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian conglomerate Capital A said yesterday it had finalised a MYR6.8 billion (USD1.4 billion) deal to merge its airline affiliates under a new listed entity to be called AirAsia Group. Capital A, which is led by mogul Tony Fernandes and includes a logistics business and digital payment Bigpay, said in January […]

ZAGREB (AP) – The Moldovan driver of a van packed with migrants was arrested in Croatia following a chase in the capital, Zagreb, early on Friday, police said. A police patrol tried to stop the van on the highway outside the city but the 31-year-old driver instead rushed through the pay toll ramp, said a […]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Artificial intelligence (AI) poses risks to job security around the world but also offers a “tremendous opportunity” to boost flagging productivity levels and fuel global growth, the International Montary Fund (IMF) chief told AFP. AI will affect 60 per cent of jobs in advanced economies, the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, said […]

ANN/JAKARTA POST – The Banyumas City Police in Central Java, Indonesia, found that the glass flooring of a bridge that shattered at a tourist spot in the Limpakuwus pine forest last Wednesday was extremely thin, measuring just 1.2 centimetres. Head of the criminal investigation unit Commissioner Agus Supriadi at the Banyumas City Police, said in […]

XINHUA – Myanmar’s renowned hot air balloon festival in Taunggyi will resume this year after being cancelled for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, event organisers said recently. This year’s festival will take place on November 21-27 at the Awaiyar hot air balloon square in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan state, they said. More […]

YANGON (XINHUA) – Myanmar earned over USD7.3 billion in export earnings in nearly six months of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, according to the ministry of commerce yesterday. From April 1 to September 22, the country’s total exports earned over USD2.23 billion from the public sector and over USD5.06 billion from the private sector, it said. […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) – The Nobel Foundation said yesterday that it will raise the award amount for this year’s Nobel Prizes by SEK1 million to SEK11 million (USD90,000 to USD986,270) as the Swedish currency has plummeted recently. “The Foundation has chosen to increase the prize amount because it is financially viable to do so,” it said […]

SEOUL (AP) – At least 13 people were injured in South Korea yesterday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam. Yoon Sung-hyun, an official from the southern Gyeonggi provincial police department, said at […]

JAKARTA (XINHUA) – Three people died and some roads were closed in landslides in Lumajang regency in Indonesia’s East Java province on Friday. The three victims, who belong to a family, were found buried in the kitchen or bedroom of their house, Patria Dwi Hastiadi, the head of the Lumajang disaster management agency, said. The […]