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[ad_1] South China morning post Xiaomi is betting heavily on the ‘four-door smartphone’ despite huge challenges in the electric vehicle market When Lei Jun took the stage this week to announce Xiaomi’s entry into China’s highly competitive electric vehicle (EV) race, the company’s founder and CEO compared smart cars to …

[ad_1] SEOUL – It is known as the king of instant noodles in South Korea. In order to create noodles with a unique Korean spicy flavor, Mr. Shin Choon-ho led a team of researchers experimenting with various recipes, testing more than 20 types of chili before inventing the iconic red-packaged …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A leaker says they are offering information on more than 500 million Facebook users, including phone numbers and other information, for virtually free. The database appears to be the same set of Facebook-linked phone numbers that has been circulating in hacker circles since January and whose existence was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: We will fly again. It could happen much later for most of us, in 2024 and beyond. Despite vaccine rollouts and opening economies, uneven global vaccine coverage and rising rates of COVID-19 infection in several countries indicate that it will be some time before air passenger travel returns …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The lyrics to the Mandopop music were still playing on the unlit television, and half-empty beer cans and Martell bottles were on the table, but the lights had come on, the doors were knocked down, and the party was over. Police broke into during a raid on …

[ad_1] South China morning post China tests the long arm of its law in Xiaomi and Huawei international patent battles A growing showdown between China’s courts and Western countries seeking to issue rulings across borders could escalate, legal experts warned, after a local Chinese court issued an injunction on a …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: Starting July 1, international tourists will be able to visit Phuket in southern Thailand without going through quarantine if they have been vaccinated. The decision was announced last week by the Center for the Management of the Economic Situation, following a proposal from Phuket’s private sector after nearly …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On Monday (April 5), a 10-member team from Certact Engineering will be in the office in full force for the first time in a year. The team, which deals with management, sales and other non-production matters at the local precision engineering company, has split in two since the …

[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar’s junta faced fresh international criticism on Friday (April 2) for the deaths of more than 40 children and the “enforced disappearance” of hundreds of people in its crackdown on anti-coup protests. The ruthless repression by the armed forces of demonstrations against his takeover on February 1 has …

[ad_1] MANILA: Filipinos celebrated Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, with streets and churches deserted after a strict lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. Main roads and highways were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were banned in metro Manila and four …