Eating at buffets, which now seems unthinkable because of the coronavirus, was more formative for me than any bourgeois sit-down restaurant could offer. ( read original story ...)
Asia’s most wanted man – an accused drug lord dubbed the ‘El Chapo of the East’ who travelled with a guard of eight Thai kickboxers and once lost $85M at a Macau casino in one …
Asia's El Chapo,' thought to be responsible for 70 percent of all narcotics entering Australia, has been brought down in a two-year international manhunt led by Australian investigators. ( read original story ...)
Luxury resorts in the Maldives hire ‘Barefoot Booksellers’ to run their quaint island bookshops. Meet 2 women who got the gig.
A luxury resort chain in the Maldives seeks a new "Barefoot Bookseller" to run its bookshops every year. Aislinn Shivakumar and Alice Spencer both got the gig and left London behind for it. The two ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus Rocked By Sexual Assault Claims Of Olympic Shooter
Cyprus has been shaken by a historical sexual assault scandal after Cypriot Olympic shooter Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of her alleged aggressor to police. Allegations of this nature are rare in ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: 51 employees infected in Bahrain firm
Fifty-one employees have contracted COVID-19 at a company in Bahrain for failing to apply measures against the highly infectious disease, the kingdom’s health authorities have said. An inspection ... ( read original story ...)
Pressure to Raise Spending Clear in Georgia Budget Talks
Georgia lawmakers are racing to revise the current year’s budget, aiming to produce a reworked spending plan as early as next week. ( read original story ...)
ONE Championship free fight: Shinya Aoki taps out James Nakashima in Singapore
Recap the action as Japanese legend Shinya Aoki defeated James Nakashima at “ONE Championship 126: Unbreakable” in Singapore. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Unis Stopped COVID. Students Say the Real Epidemic Is Sex Abuse.
Our universities have shown they are willing to go all out to fight the virus. Why won’t they do the same with sexual harassment and abuse cases?” ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan Targets Cargo Growth With A330P2F Order
Wanting to take advantage of the country’s location, Turkmenistan Airlines has inked an agreement with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for two Airbus A330 cargo aircraft. The widebodies will ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Lebanon’s health service close to collapse with case numbers beyond ‘wildest predictions’
Christmas openings of clubs and bars was the "catastrophic" decision which led to rocketing positive cases, says one expert. ( read original story ...)