By Reuters  June 22, 2023 | 09:33am GMT+7 A smartphone with a displayed Intel logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Dado Ruvic Intel Corp said its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin, but gave no clear timeline on when it will start scaling up, sending the chipmaker’s shares down about 5%. The company also did not name a new external customer for the business as part of its foundry services, a key element of Intel’s turnaround plans wherein it will offer…
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With estimates suggesting the air supply on board could run out in a matter of hours, an international coalition of rescue teams was sweeping a vast expanse of the ocean for the Titan, which vanished on Sunday while carrying five people on a deep-sea voyage to the century-old shipwreck as part of a tourist expedition.The US Coast Guard said remotely operated vehicles (ROV) were deployed underwater near where Canadian aircraft recorded the noises using sonar buoys on Tuesday and Wednesday but have not found any sign of the Titan yet.Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick said at a press conference that…
The US Treasury Department said in a statement the military has relied on foreign sources, including Russian entities under sanctions, to purchase and import arms, equipment and raw materials to manufacture weapons to support its “brutal repression”.Washington accuses the defense ministry of importing goods and materiel worth at least $1 billion since the 2021 coup in which the military leaders seized power.State-owned Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank (MFTB) and Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank (MICB), were also hit with sanctions. The Treasury said they allowed revenue-generating state-owned enterprises, including Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), access to international markets.The banks receive…
By Minh Thuan  June 22, 2023 | 08:47am GMT+7 My girlfriend is pregnant, but my parents are against our relationship, believing that marrying her would lead to hardship. I am 30 years old and work in an office in my hometown. My girlfriend stays at home and doesn’t have a stable job. Our houses are close to each other, and I wanted to marry someone in close proximity, so I got to know her and we have been together for over a year.Her parents work in agriculture, but her father spends every day drinking and singing karaoke. My parents don’t…
The marriage of Binh, whose business has been dubbed the “Alibaba of Vietnam” to actress Phuong Oanh is a ‘happy ending’, she said. Actress Phuong Oanh. Photo from Oanh’s Facebook Pham Thi Kim Hoa told NgoiSao that she had welcomed Oanh since the first time Binh brought her home and introduced her as his girlfriend.She and Oanh have been getting on well and they find it easy to share every detail of their lives with each other.Hoa says Oanh is a simple, genuine, and straightforward woman. But such simplicity has got her into trouble in the complex, cutthroat world of…
By Linh On  June 21, 2023 | 05:58pm GMT+7 Malaysians have been left chuckling at a high end Versace shirt that looks little different from the uniform of a popular local restaurant chain. The designer shirt, priced 1,100 euros (around $1,200), was said to share similarities with the staff uniform of Nasi Kandar Pelita, Malaysia’s largest restaurant chain that sells nasi kandar, a local dish, reported The Strait Times.”Anyone who wants to get the shirt from Nasi Kandar Pelita, you can get it at Versace,” TikToker Afif Sukhairi joked in a video showing the designer shirt, in blue and yellow…
Linh survived, but the incident left the boy disfigured with burns over 87% of his body. No one, including his doctors, thought he would ever lead a normal life again.But despite repeated surgeries and other difficulties, the 15-year-old young man has lived an increasingly more healthy, full and satisfying life.His mother, Le Thi Ha, calls it a miracle.”When Linh was discharged from the hospital after four months, I was worried that he would cry if he saw himself in the mirror,” the 39-year-old woman says. “So I hid all the mirrors in my house.”Despite his mother’s worries, Linh now confidently…
Established in 1994, the Morning Star International School has become a stable choice for parents seeking a comprehensive and international learning environment for their children.Morning Star International School has established a partnership with Texas Christian School (TCS), a prestigious private school in the state of Texas, United States, that provides education for students ranging from 4 months old to 12th grade. The school has gained recognition through numerous national awards in sports and robotics.This collaboration brings valuable opportunities for cultural and educational exchange between the two countries, creating a multicultural and international learning environment for students from both schools. Representative…
Grab launched in 2012 as a taxi-booking app in Malaysia before becoming Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm and expanding into financial services like digital payments.The company has been narrowing its losses and aims to break even by the end of this year.”I want to be clear that we are not doing this as a shortcut to profitability,” CEO Anthony Tan wrote in a message to employees Tuesday.He called the “restructuring” a “painful but necessary step”.”Change has never been this fast. Technology such as Generative AI is evolving at breakneck speed. The cost of capital has gone up, directly impacting the…
By Reuters  June 21, 2023 | 12:04 p.m. GMT+7 A view of the city skyline and Huangpu river, ahead of the annual National People’s Congress (NPC), in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Aly Song A slowdown in both the Chinese and global economies is the biggest issue affecting European firms in China, beating political tensions with the United States and decoupling, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in China. The number of European firms that see China as a top-three destination for future investment was at its lowest total on record, the…