SHAH ALAM – A MYANMAR national here stabbed her newborn baby several times to death and left the body in the toilet of her home. The refugee, in her early 20s, was arrested at about 12.45pm in her home yesterday. It is believed that the baby girl was stabbed five times with a sharp object. …
US – Google has announced plans to hire more than 6,000 employees globally this year as it wards off pressure from rivals such as Facebook and Twitter in the technology industry. According to Google’s senior vice president of engineering and research Alan Eustace, the internet giant will add more than 6,000 staff “across the board …
Singapore – Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has reversed its stance on penalising employees who fall sick during the Chinese New Year period after public outrage. Casino dealers will no longer be awarded demerit points for falling sick, following a public uproar at the arbitrary rules designed to keep the casino at MBS staffed during Chinese …
SINGAPORE: A former property agent pleaded guilty on Wednesday to offences including cheating and forgery. Thirty-eight-year-old Anika Priyadharshini pleaded guilty to offences involving S$183,556.29. She originally faced 69 charges, but 44 of them were taken into consideration while two others were withdrawn. She even cheated two of her clients of S$58,800, a district court heard …
RIVERSIDE (California) – ANIMAL services officers often get calls reporting ‘huge,’ monstrous reptiles, only to arrive and find an itty-bitty garden snake. The 5-foot (1.52 m) Monitor lizard wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside was way bigger than animal control officer Jenny Selter could have imagined. ‘She said she saw it …
A MAN has spent more than US$26,000 (S$33,280) to travel across England and America with his six sex dolls. Dave Hockey, 57, has travelled with his girlfriends to Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls. Mr Hockey, who is married and from Nova Scotia, Canada, flew ‘Realdoll’ Bianca and ‘Teddy Babe Deluxe’ Carey to Britain …
SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — The ubiquitous “like” is currency for brands, and Facebook is giving them a new way to collect: an ad unit that shows up on the right-hand side of the screen it calls “sponsored stories.” The unit will give brand-related action such as a “like” or a check-in a lot more visibility …
LOS ANGELES – MCDONALD’S Corp plans to raise prices this year to help offset an expected rise in its grocery bill for the 10 commodities that account for around 75 per cent of its food preparation costs. Food prices are rising around the globe and the comments from the world’s biggest restaurant chain overshadowed weaker-than-expected …
AUSTRALIA’S The Age newspaper reported that a Qantas airliner carrying 99 passengers from Adelaide to Melbourne was forced rapidly to descend 26,000 feet after a sudden cabin depressurisation on Tuesday morning. Oxygen masks dropped from the overhead consoles on the Boeing 737-400 as the pilots of flight QF670 announced that they would have to make …
LONDON – TWO of Britain’s leading football commentators were reprimanded by their TV network and taken off the air on Monday after making sexist remarks off-microphone about two female match officials and West Ham executive Karren Brady. Andy Gray and Richard Keys came under fire from all angles on Monday for their derogatory comments about …