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Microsoft says it will axe 10,000 employees over poor economy
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Microsoft on Wednesday said it would lay off 10,000 employees in the coming months as the economic downturn continues to punish US tech giants.
Swedish far-right leader calls Erdogan 'Islamist dictator'
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has attacked Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an "Islamist dictator" as Ankara maintains its objections to approving Stockholm's bid for NATO membership.
REIC expects housing prices to expand by 5-10% in 2023
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 18/01/2023
» Housing prices are projected to rise by 5-10% this year as the standard home construction price index continued an upward trend, with a year-on-year increase of 5.6% in the fourth quarter of 2022 amid a labour shortage.
Vietnam parliament approves president's resignation
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» HANOI - Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly on Wednesday approved the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a day after he dramatically stepped down as part of an anti-corruption drive.
Microsoft says it will axe 10,000 employees over poor economy
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - Microsoft on Wednesday said it would lay off 10,000 employees in the coming months as the economic downturn continues to punish US tech giants.
8-year-old Indian heiress becomes a nun
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» AHMEDABAD, India: An eight-year-old girl who stood to inherit a multi-million-dollar diamond fortune has instead been inducted as a nun in a strict religious order after renouncing worldly pleasures.
'No beds, not enough doctors': UK healthcare in crisis
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» LONDON: Five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from pneumonia after being sent home, despite a doctor describing his tonsillitis as the worst he had ever seen.
China touts state-backed transport super-app
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2023
» HONG KONG: China will soon launch a state-backed platform for transport that will include everything from ride-hailing to cargo trucking, road transport, railway, ferry and flight services, the state-run Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.
Cannabis bill sidelined again
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/01/2023
» The House of Representatives set a record on Wednesday when a meeting was adjourned after just 22 minutes due to a lack of quorum, stalling consideration once again of the contentious cannabis and hemp bill.
Indonesia tells Myanmar to let ‘qualified people’ take charge
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/01/2023
» DAVOS, Switzerland: An Indonesian senior minister has urged Myanmar’s military to consider stepping back and letting “qualified” leaders govern the country that is in an economic free-fall due to sanctions and worsening civil strife.