The Malaysian government has announced that it will sanction firms and revoke recruitment agency licenses that hired migrant workers, who were then left stranded without jobs. The sanction comes following reports from last week revealing that hundreds of migrants from South Asia, primarily from Bangladesh and Nepal, were left in limbo after being made to … Read more
Leaders from Southeast Asia met in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on 11 May to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, which has worsened since its military seized power in a coup on 1 February. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has urged the Myanmar junta to implement a “five-point peace consensus” agreed in late 2020, which … Read more
A shocking incident has occurred in Serbia, where a 20-year-old man has confessed to killing eight people and injuring 12 others. The suspect was apprehended by the authorities in the municipality where some of the shooting had occurred. Serbia is currently in mourning after two mass shootings – a school massacre in the capital on … Read more
On May 6th, King Charles III was crowned in the largest ceremonial event to take place in Britain in over 70 years. The coronation, which dates back over 1,000 years to the time of King William the Conqueror, was held in Westminster Abbey in front of a congregation of world leaders and a global television … Read more
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, recently spoke to Reuters about the potential threat posed by AI to humanity. According to Hinton, AI could be a “more urgent” risk than climate change. Hinton co-authored a landmark paper on neural networks in 1986 and was awarded the Turing Award in 2018 for … Read more
China’s tourism industry has seen a remarkable rebound during the May Day holiday, reaching pre-COVID levels with a 70.8% rise in domestic trips from the previous year, according to official government data reported by Reuters. This year’s figures, from the first travel season without restrictions since the pandemic, are being used as a gauge of … Read more
Oil prices experienced their biggest one-day percentage decline since early January, with Brent futures and West Texas Intermediate crude falling around 5% to a five-week low. The fall was fueled by increased concerns about the economy as US politicians discuss ways to avoid a debt default and investors prepare for more rate hikes this week. … Read more
Energizer Holdings Inc and Walmart Inc are facing three proposed antitrust class actions accusing them of conspiring to raise the prices of disposable batteries. According to the complaints filed in San Francisco federal court on Friday, Energizer and Walmart agreed to inflate wholesale battery prices for other retailers under pressure from Walmart, starting from January … Read more
Indonesia’s food regulator has confirmed the safety of a popular product from one of the world’s biggest instant noodle brands, despite its recall in Malaysia and Taiwan’s capital. The recalled product, “special chicken” flavour Indomie, is a popular Indonesian instant noodle variety produced by Indofood CBP. The Taipei city health department found traces of ethylene … Read more
Japanese startup ispace inc announced that their attempt to make the first private moon landing failed, as they lost contact with their Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander, leading them to assume that it most likely crashed on the lunar surface. This marks the second major setback for private space development in a week, following SpaceX’s … Read more