JAKARTA: Online games that contain violence could be blocked in Indonesia if they do not comply with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics’ regulation on game classification, said an official at Indonesia’s Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection. “Blocking can be carried out if they do not follow the…
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Tesla said it will lay off 6,020 employees in Texas and California ahead of its quarterly results on Tuesday (Apr 23) when CEO Elon Musk is expected to outline the electric vehicle maker’s strategy to combat slowing demand and falling margins.Last week, Tesla announced a more than 10 per cent cut in its global workforce under pressure from dropping sales and an intensifying price war among EV makers, without revealing the number of employees the…
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SINGAPORE: A 26-year-old man will be charged in court on Wednesday (Apr 24) for his…
HONG KONG: Shares in Chinese bubble-tea chain Baicha Baidao plunged nearly 40 per cent on…
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NO GUARANTEE OF FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK Ms Gan and the business associations also sought to clarify the tripartite stance on four-day work weeks, after this was mentioned in foreign media reports about the guidelines. In general, Mr Ng said that SNEF’s endorsement of the guidelines was based on three principles:…
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PARIS: A French court this week handed an Iran-born man a suspended 10-month sentence for entering the Iranian consulate in Paris with fake grenades in what he said was “revenge” for a crackdown at home that targeted his family. The 61-year-old, a long-time resident of France who regularly attends Iranian…
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TOKYO: Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday last week’s trilateral meeting with his US and South Korean counterparts likely laid the groundwork for Tokyo to take appropriate action in the foreign exchange market. “I voiced strong concern on how a weak yen pushes up import costs. Our view…
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DO LIKE THE KIDS DO Jill Dreves, the founder of Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, Colorado, has a simple recipe for getting dirty: Make a mud pie. She suggested throwing something similar to a sip and paint event: Ask everyone to bring an old cake pan and get creative…
