HONG KONG: Shares in Chinese bubble-tea chain Baicha Baidao plunged nearly 40 per cent on its first trading day in Hong Kong on Tuesday, in a fresh blow to the finance hub’s efforts to revive its markets. The Chengdu-based company, which is also known as Chabaidao, raised about HK$2.59 billion…
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See AllAnother friend who knew her from Cedar Girls’ Secondary described Afifah as someone who was friends with everyone. Also 17, she was in the same Mother Tongue class as Afifah in secondary school. “She was always very bright and smiling whenever she talked to other people,” she added, declining to be named. Afifah graduated from Cedar Girls’ Secondary in 2023. On Tuesday, the school posted on its Instagram account mourning the loss of Afifah, describing…
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday said he had asked the country’s four…
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View MoreSINGAPORE — Angered that a boy had been harassing his female friend, an 18-year-old youth gathered four friends to help him beat up the victim at a public toilet. Using the girl’s Instagram account to lure the 17-year-old boy to meet them, the offender and his friends assaulted the victim…
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View MoreSYDNEY: An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s federal court late on Monday (Apr 22) granted the country’s…
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View MoreBANGKOK: Thailand’s 500 billion baht (US$13.51 billion) “digital wallet” stimulus policy gained Cabinet approval on Tuesday (Apr 23), Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said, clearing another hurdle for the signature policy of the ruling Pheu Thai party. The handout would give 10,000 baht (US$270.20) to 50 million Thais to be spent…
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View MoreDO 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…