Venezuelan teachers quitting in droves due to low pay
CARACAS, 28 Aug 2021: Last December, after 17 years in the classroom, Jonathan Gonzalez became one of the nearly 200,000 Venezuelan teachers to abandon the profession for economic reasons. “It …
China now has over 1 billion Internet users
BEIJING, 27 Aug 2021: The number of internet users in China has crossed 1 billion, the China Internet Network Information Center said in a report today. The total number internet …
Moscow metro introduces facial recognition payment system (video)
MOSCOW, 26 Aug 2021: Travellers on Moscow’s metro, one of the largest and most luxurious in the world, will no longer need to purchase a ticket – thanks to a …
Rent-own offer for solar panels to power Xnergy’s revenue growth
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Aug 2021: Taking note of Covid-19 challenges, including on the bottomlines of potential customers, Plus Xnergy Holding Sdn Bhd has come up with a rent-own model for …
Airasia’s dive into e-hailing offers for door-to-door transport
SEPANG, 24 Aug 2021: Just weeks after AirAsia effectively merged with GoJek’s operations in Thailand as of Aug 1, the budget carrier group has launched the Malaysian version of its …
FTC refiles anti-trust lawsuit against Facebook
WASHINGTON, 20 Aug 2021: The US Federal Trade Commission yesterday refiled a stronger version of its lawsuit against Facebook – charging it with creating an illegal monopoly, after a court …
Qantas makes it compulsory for staff to get Covid-19 vaccines
SYDNEY, 18 Aug 2021: Australian airline Qantas today announced it will require all employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a measure applauded by the government that intensifies the debate regarding …
China residents advised of need to ‘adjust excessive incomes’
BEIJING, 18 Aug 2021: China’s premier has highlighted the need to reasonably adjust “excessive incomes,” the Communist Party of China announced on its website today. Xi Jinping chaired a meeting …
Delivery riders protest against new fee rule
BARCELONA, 17 Aug 2021: Around 100 delivery riders for Spanish company Glovo yesterday protested in Barcelona against a new feature in the application that makes the couriers – rather than …
Barbers, car wash & some shops can reopen nationwide from Aug 16
PUTRAJAYA, 15 Aug 2021: With vaccination in full swing across Malaysia, some businesses are allowed to resume operations from tomorrow (Aug 16) as long as both employees and customers are …