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Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan tackle healthcare 'tapeworm'
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their US employees find quality care "at a reasonable cost".
Singapore downgrades rating of Michelin-star outlet
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Michelin-star restaurant in Singapore has been hit with a hygiene downgrade by health authorities after more than three dozen guests at a wedding reception fell ill, having eaten food prepared by its kitchen staff.
Suvarnabhumi staff arrested for stealing necklace
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 30/01/2018
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A luggage loader has been caught for stealing a gold necklace from a reporter flying from Koh Samui to Suvarnabhumi.
Vietjet fined for football-bikini inflight stunt
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's aviation authority on Tuesday fined budget airline Vietjet for a semi-naked and celebratory display by bikini-clad models aboard a special flight carrying home the country's under-23 football team from a competition in China.
Govt attacks kill civilians in northern Myanmar: activists
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2018
» Activists and a lawmaker in northern Myanmar say government air strikes and shelling of ethnic Kachin rebels have killed five civilians and wounded more than a dozen others since Saturday. The government offensive has also trapped more than 3,000 other civilians, miners of amber and their families, in mineral-rich Kachin state.
63m women, girls missing due to India's preference for boys
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2018
» NEW DELHIL: A deeply felt preference for boys has left more than 63 million women statistically “missing” across India, and more than 21 million girls unwanted by their families, government officials say.
Minimum wage hikes approved
Online Reporters, Published on 30/01/2018
» The cabinet has given the green light to the daily minimum wage increases varied by province in a range between eight and 22 baht as proposed by the National Wage Committee, effective on April 1.
French lover admits to killing Italian husband, police say
Sitthipoj Kebui, Published on 30/01/2018
» PHICHIT: A Frenchman has confessed to the love-triangle murder of an elderly Italian man, and that the victim's wife then helped dismember and burn the body, according to police.
Spread of fake news aims to silence dissent: Rappler chief
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» MANILA: The head of a Philippine online news site battling revocation of its licence on Tuesday said some governments have sought to "silence dissent" through the proliferation of fake news, flooding social media with hate messages.
Wealthy border market owners murdered at their home
Sawat Ketngam and Online Reporters, Published on 30/01/2018
» SA KAEO: A wealthy couple who run a large market near Rong Kluea border market were found slashed to death at their house in Khlong Hat district on Tuesday morning.