AseanPlus News

Hong Kong’s tightened imported labour rules still vex local workers

The city faces a paradox where business leaders repeatedly sound the alarm over labour shortages, yet many locals are struggling to find jobs

World

Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 36, search for bodies continues

JAKARTA (Reuters) -The number of students confirmed dead after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school building in Indonesia rose to 36, from 16 a day earlier, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Sunday.

Japan

Japan man earns US$200,000 a year from investments, works as janitor for health

56-year-old 'invisible millionaire' with passion for tidiness flies under the social radar, says simple life makes him feel 'really good'

Nation

Seven key location types to see improved internet coverage

KULAI: Internet coverage will be upgraded in seven key location categories nationwide to ensure better connectivity for the public, says Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.

Wellness

When your mouth is constantly dry

Some people suffer from insufficient saliva, resulting in a mouth that is always dry.

TV

Taylor Kitsch’s 'Terminal List' character gets an origin story in 'Dark Wolf'

Taylor Kitsch's character ends up a villain in 2022's Chris Pratt-led series, 'The Terminal List', and in a new series, viewers learn how he got that way.

China

China deploys prototype of missile defence system with planet-wide coverage

Team says its leap in data processing technology was crucial in design of 'distributed early warning detection big data platform'

AI

AI voice clones 'indistinguishable' from human speech, tests show

Tests carried out in London have shown that so-called "deepfake" voices, created using widely available software, sound so much like the real thing that most people cannot tell the difference.

Africa

Protecting Uganda's primates through ecotourism efforts

Tourism is helping Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas make a comeback.

China

China’s ‘super golden week’ forecast to spark travel boom at home and abroad

This year's holiday combines National Day with the Mid-Autumn Festival – and could see trips more than double year on year, analysts say

AseanPlus News

New mock Taiwan government buildings spotted at mainland Chinese military base

Japanese media report says simulated Taiwanese government compound for training PLA soldiers has expanded nearly threefold since 2020

Nation

GOF seizes e-cigarettes worth RM6.7mil in Tumpat raid

KOTA BARU: The General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion 7 seized electronic cigarettes worth about RM6.7mil in a raid on storage premises in Kampung Telaga Bata, Tumpat, on Saturday (Oct 4).

AseanPlus News

Has Hong Kong’s retail sector turned the corner after August’s sales surge?

Sales in August rose 3.8 per cent but involution wave from China threatens retailers of popular consumer goods

Nation

Cops seeking info on Butterworth crash that left two dead

KEPALA BATAS: Police are seeking information from the public regarding a fatal accident involving two people along Jalan Permatang Baru Sungai Lokan here.

Social media

Dodgy health tips flourishing on TikTok, pediatricians warn

Video-streaming platform TikTok is marred by dozens of "eco influencer" accounts peddling nonsense about medical issues, parenting and sexual health, new research has found.

People

'Hope isn’t just wishful thinking’: Jane Goodall’s thoughts for a reporter

A Times correspondent who interviewed Goodall recall their conversations about the state of the planet.

Nation

'We were treated like animals', deported Gaza flotilla activists say

ISTANBUL: International activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israel following the military's interception of their Gaza-bound flotilla said Saturday they had been subjected to violence and "treated like animals".

World

Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestinian marches in Europe

ROME: Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory.

Arts

New museum examines family life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo

An exhibition includes nine original works and countless personal items, as well as photographs taken by Kahlo's father Guillermo

AI

With Sora 2 app, OpenAI lets you put your face in AI-generated videos

AI software has long been able to generate videos from text prompts, but ChatGPT developer OpenAI now wants to make it easier to create fun, shareable clips by letting users put their own faces in videos.