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Ride-sharing services face rocky road in Japan
Published on 17/04/2018
» TOKYO: Japan is proving a tough market to crack for ride-sharing service providers, and not just because of regulatory barriers -- there is also a relative lack of demand in a country where taxis are safe, affordable and, in urban areas, easy to catch.
Shell oil heist in Singapore: the story so far
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities say they have uncovered a complex, cross-border scheme to steal large quantities of oil from Shell's biggest refinery.
Caller-ID spoofing remedy ordered
News, Published on 13/01/2018
» Telecom service providers have been told to block 50 numbers used by call centre gangs to trick their victims and have been given two months to develop a system to counter caller-ID spoofing via Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Malaysia scraps mandatory death sentence for drugs
Kyodo News, Published on 01/12/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's lower house of Parliament on Thursday passed an amendment to end the country's mandatory death sentencing of drug traffickers.
Activists seek pet registration law to reduce strays
Kyodo News, Published on 02/09/2017
» An animal welfare groups are brainstorming ideas to press for new legislation to require registration of pets, in hopes of reducing the high number of stray dogs and cats around the country in the long term.