By AFP  July 6, 2023 | 08:09pm GMT+7 A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, US, May 10, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Mike Blake Private sector employment in the United States came in well above expectations, fueled by leisure and hospitality, according to data from payroll firm ADP released Thursday. The surge in private sector hiring shows the labor market remains remarkably hot despite the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive campaign of 10 consecutive interest rate hikes since March 2022.The US central bank paused its cycle of interest rate hikes last month to give policymakers more time to…
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By Linh Le July 6, 2023 | 07:00 pm GMT+7 Social media users were outraged after seeing a couple eating from a rice cooker they brought onto a China Railway high-speed train despite a ban on high-powered electrical appliances. They used the electrical outlet, normally used to charge mobile phones and laptops, as the power source for their rice cooker, reported the South China Morning Post Thursday. A couple eating from a rice cooker they brought onto a China Railway high-speed train despite a ban on high-powered electrical appliances. Photo from Tomas Vilimec’s Twitter Many Chinese social media users have consequently…
Taken days before his execution at Singapore’s Changi prison, the picture is among the last mementoes Lajim’s family has of the 64-year-old, who was executed on charges of drug trafficking.In the city-state, prison officials offer a photo shoot shortly before an inmate’s hanging, providing simple props like chairs and other items.”When I see his photograph he’s (a) very healthy man, he’s very good looking man… his face shines,” Nazira Lajim Hertslet, his sister, said.”I was very upset… that he was taken away just like that.”Singapore imposes the death penalty for a litany of crimes, including murder and some forms of…
Quiet luxury, which often features neutral-colored clothes and prioritizes quality fabric and designs instead of patterns and brand logos, has become a popular trend this year. Ho Ngoc Ha is a Vietnamese celebrity that has become well-known for her loyalty to this fashion motto. In this photo, she attends a fashion event in a “can’t be simpler” white outfit, which she matched with logo-less jewelry. Photo from Ha’s Instagram . Source: Internet
By Reuters  July 6, 2023 | 09:32am GMT+7 A general view of the West Wing of the White House, where over the Fourth of July holiday weekend cocaine was discovered in an entry area where visitors place electronics and other belongings before taking tours, in Washington, US July 5, 2023. Photo by Reuters /Jonathan Ernst Cocaine discovered in the White House on Sunday was found in a cubby hole in a West Wing entry area where visitors place electronics and other belongings before going on tours, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Secret Service is investigating…
“Let’s do this. Welcome to Threads,” Zuckerberg wrote in his first post on the app, along with a fire emoji. He said the app logged 2 million sign-ups in its first two hours.Much like Twitter, the app features short text posts that users can like, re-post and reply to, although it does not include any direct message capabilities. Posts can be up to 500 characters long and include links, photos and videos up to five minutes long, according to a Meta blog post.It is available in more than 100 countries on both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store, the…
Lee died in Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, where she had been living.”Although, Coco sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the best of her,” the statement said.”On 2 July, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital. Despite the best efforts of the hospital team to rescue and treat her from her coma, she finally passed away on 5 July, 2023,” the statement said.Lee’s career spanned around 30 years. Among her most notable performances were voicing of the female warrior Mulan in the Mandarin-language version…
She said so during an interview with NgoiSao after the premiere of the animated movie “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken,” in which she played a leading voice role.She then said: “Xin chào Việt Nam. Tôi yêu các bạn.” (Hello Vietnam. I love you) Lana Condor during her interview with NgoiSao. Photo courtesy of NgoiSao “I think the message of our film is to embrace your differences because that’s what makes you unique,” Condor said when asked about her thoughts on the movie.She added that she hoped audiences would feel inspired by the character’s bravery and how she was willing to courageously…
I got a message from a friend of my wife last month, saying my wife was having an affair with her husband. I totally collapsed. I was told that the other guy started texting my wife when she and I were dating.My wife didn’t even reply when I brought it up as she hated it.That guy kept texting my wife even after we got married, but she remained silent. I even warned that guy not to text my wife anymore. But for some reason my wife video called with that guy last year when she was near his place to…
By Linh Le July 5, 2023 | 07:03pm GMT+7 Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s fans have gotten on the United Overseas Bank (UOB) card registration bandwagon, aiming to get access to the concert tickets presale exclusively for the bank’s cardholders. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Photo from Swift’s Twitter After the bank announced that its cardholders in various Southeast Asian countries can access the Ticketmaster portal to buy Swift’s Singapore “The Eras Tour” concert tickets starting July 5, which is 48 hours earlier than the general public sale starting July 7, the number of people signing up to get their hands on its cards surged…