Category: Regions
South Korea’s Samsung considers ditching Google for Bing
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The switch would put at risk an estimated US$3 billion in annual revenue for Google, as its search dominance comes under threat from Bing’s inclusion of ChatGPT-like responses to user queries. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217291/south-koreas-samsung-considers-ditching-google-bing?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTaiwan stands to lose investment, supply chains, if PLA keeps up military drills
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Analysts say multinationals, including Taiwan’s prized semiconductor firms, are expected to double down on searches for production sites elsewhere as cross-strait tensions rise after the latest round of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) drills. https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3217076/taiwan-stands-lose-investment-supply-chains-if-pla-keeps-military-drills?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJapan marvels at heroics of fishermen who subdued PM Kishida’s smoke-bomb attacker
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The fishermen sprang into action as soon as they saw an object flying overhead towards Japan’s prime minister. Their heroics prompted many online to wonder if they were plain-clothes police officers. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3217281/japan-marvels-heroics-fishermen-who-subdued-pm-kishidas-smoke-bomb-attacker?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese engineer arrested in Pakistan for ‘insulting Allah’ in Ramadan row, provoking angry mob
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A source involved in the arrest said scores of infuriated Pakistani labourers descended on the engineer’s office, apparently intent on attacking him, following a heated dispute about the slow pace of work during Ramadan.…
Read MoreChemical attacks on Iranian schoolgirls resume
Jerusalem Post Poison gas attacks on schoolgirls in Iran have shocked the world for months, from the first reports in November, at the height of the protests against the regime. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-739404
Read MoreIs China’s move to resolve Australia barley row masking a ‘strategic’ bid to join the CPTPP?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The move will help achieve several goals for Beijing, including putting a ‘bilateral irritant’ to bed and improving its global trade image, observers say. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3216963/chinas-move-resolve-australia-barley-row-masking-strategic-bid-join-cptpp?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreShe died 4 days after getting her Covid booster jab. Singapore paid her family in the Philippines US$169,000
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Filipino Ontal Charlene Vargas died of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart. A coroner ruled it was likely related to the vaccine she had received. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3217275/she-died-4-days-after-getting-her-covid-booster-jab-singapore-paid-her-family-philippines-us169000?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Nearly 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including women, children’
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Israeli regime reportedly keeps around 4,900 Palestinians, including 160 children and 31 women, in prison. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/16/701693/Israel-Palestinian-prisoners-women-children-report
Read MoreThailand’s tricky consignment law leaves Hongkonger with US$120,000 hole in her pocket after Phuket developer goes under during Covid-19
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Attracted by Phuket’s serene waters and tourism appeal, Swiss national Reda Abouhanine bought a unit in a resort project in 2017. Construction came to a standstill in 2020 due to the pandemic, and never…
Read MoreThailand’s tricky consignment law leaves Hongkonger with US$120,000 hole in his pocket after Phuket developer goes under during Covid-19
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Attracted by Phuket’s serene waters and tourism appeal, Swiss national Reda Abouhanine bought a unit in a resort project in 2017. Construction came to a standstill in 2020 due to the pandemic, and never…
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