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Musk 'kills' new Twitter label, hours after launch
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Wednesday unveiled -- and then almost immediately scrapped -- a new gray "official" label for some high-profile accounts as Elon Musk struggles to revamp the highly influential platform following his $44 billion buyout.
More young people in Myanmar taking up arms
Asia focus, Published on 28/02/2022
» Young people in Mon State who not long ago were actively engaged in campaigning for elections in Myanmar have shifted from protesting in the streets against the military to taking up arms to defend their rights and freedoms.
Myanmar soldiers collecting bills at gunpoint
Asia focus, Published on 31/01/2022
» The schoolteacher had just got out of bed when four Myanmar army soldiers pounded on her door. Her electricity payment was overdue, they said, and ordered her to pay it immediately at the government power company office.
Gun that killed Billy the Kid to be auctioned
Business, Reuters, Published on 23/07/2021
» LOS ANGELES: One of the most iconic weapons of the American Wild West goes up for auction next month with the sale of the gun that killed 19th century outlaw Billy the Kid.
Fighting back against exploitation
Business, William Hicks, Published on 04/06/2021
» As sharing economy tech companies plot major mergers and initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, they are running into problems in Thailand as the state, labour organisations and restaurateurs attempt to push back against the exploitation inherent in their business models.
Family sues trading app Robinhood over suicide
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: The family of a college student who killed himself after thinking he'd lost a fortune using Robinhood sued the free trading app Monday.
Labour strikes against the algorithm
Business, William Hicks, Published on 07/09/2020
» Not long ago the streets of Bangkok were near empty -- save for a bustling network of green-, pink- or yellow-vested delivery drivers shepherding food across a shuttered city to the millions trapped indoors fearing an accelerating viral outbreak.
Uneasy sense of deja vu
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 17/08/2020
» Torrential rain across Bangkok does not seem to have dampened intensifying political tensions, as August seethes with mounting anger and growing demands for political and institutional changes.
Las Vegas casinos reopen after months of virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 05/06/2020
» LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas casinos opened their doors on Thursday, 11 weeks after they were closed due to coronavirus, with downtown roulette wheels and slot machines whirring to life minutes after midnight.
Marriage by the book
Asia focus, Published on 30/03/2020
» When Kinnari Ba remarked during a motivational lecture she gave last July that she would prefer her father gifting books equal to her weight in dowry, instead of gold and silver, it was a spur-of-the-moment pronouncement.