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Car catches fire near Woodleigh Mall; no injuries reported

SINGAPORE – A car burst into flames at a traffic junction in Bidadari Park Drive on Nov 30. No injures were reported. A video posted on Facebook page Beh Chia Lor shows a blue car engulfed in bright orange flames, with smoke billowing from it, near Woodleigh Mall. In response to queries from The Straits […]

Judge blocks Montana’s TikTok ban

A state law that would ban TikTok in Montana next year was blocked Thursday. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a preliminary injunction, saying SB 419 “oversteps state power and infringes on the constitutional rights of users,” according to court documents obtained by NBC News. Montana became the first state to issue a TikTok ban in […]

U.S. judge blocks Montana from banning TikTok use in state

A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana’s first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1, saying it violated the free speech rights of users. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a preliminary injunction to block the ban on the Chinese-owned app, saying the state […]

Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it’s unconstitutional

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state was blocked Thursday, one month before it was set to take effect, by a federal judge who called the measure unconstitutional. The ruling delivered a temporary win for the social media company that has argued Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature went “completely […]

Henry Kissinger, global US foreign policy figure, dies at 100

Former political leaders in the United States have paid tribute to Henry Kissinger, one of the most powerful diplomats in American history, who died on Wednesday. However, the former US secretary of state and national security adviser was also widely criticised on social media as a war criminal, particularly for his controversial role in the […]

Asia’s tech giants lean toward desperate deals

SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) – TikTok is willing to become a friend rather than foe to hold onto its overseas strongholds. At least that’s how things appear to be shaping up in Southeast Asia where China’s ByteDance-owned short-form video app is exploring investing in a unit of Indonesian tech pioneer GoTo (GOTO.JK) to get […]

Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners on sixth day of Gaza truce

Israel has released another group of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 16 hostages freed earlier by Hamas in Gaza. A bus carrying some of the Palestinian detainees was seen arriving in the West Bank city of Ramallah before dawn on Thursday. Advertisement The releases came on the sixth day of a temporary truce in the […]

Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners on sixth day of Gaza truce

Israel has released another group of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 16 hostages freed earlier by Hamas in Gaza. A bus carrying some of the Palestinian detainees was seen arriving in the West Bank city of Ramallah before dawn on Thursday. Advertisement The releases came on the sixth day of a temporary truce in the […]

Daryl Hall accuses John Oates of ‘ultimate partnership betrayal’

Daryl Hall has accused his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” by planning to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission, Hall said in a court declaration supporting his lawsuit to keep the transaction paused. In the declaration filed Wednesday in a Nashville […]

HEADLINES: Comelec bans Smartmatic | Nov. 30, 2023

Good day. Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Today’s podcast is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer — your trusted building partner. Comelec bans Smartmatic THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified and disallowed technology provider Smartmatic Philippines […]

The Last Politician; and Why We’re Polarised: Joe Biden takes on US anti-democracy forces

The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future Author: Franklin Foer ISBN-13: 978-1101981146 Publisher: Penguin Press Guideline Price: $30 Why We’re Polarised Author: Ezra Klein ISBN-13: 978-1788166799 Publisher: Profile Books Guideline Price: £10.99 The Last Politician might better have been titled The President Who Saved (And Will Save) America. […]

China’s Didi Global app disruption due to software failure, not cyberattack

China’s Didi Global ride-hailing app was disrupted earlier this week by an underlying system software failure and not a cyberattack, the company said in a statement on its social media account on Wednesday. The country’s largest ride-hailing company faced widespread criticism this week after users in several cities were unable to book rides on Monday […]

Maxeon Solar Technologies Initiates TOPCon Patent Infringement Investigation

SINGAPORE, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAXN), a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced that it has initiated an investigation of several companies for infringement of Maxeon patents pertaining to TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) solar cell technology in the United States. Several companies have announced plans to import […]

Breaking Boundaries: Crescendo Lab Elevates Conversational Marketing by Meta Expansion and BigQuery Data Solution

TAIPEI, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Crescendo Lab, a leading MarTech company in Taiwan, renowned for its expertise in managing LINE Official Accounts, announced a groundbreaking initiative at product launch event on the 28th. The company, a key player in marketing and conversational interaction solutions, introduced the “More Than LINE” strategy, integrating Google BigQuery (BQ) to […]

Border Patrol overwhelmed by migrant surges in California, Texas and Arizona

Border Patrol forces in California, Texas and Arizona are so overwhelmed by the thousands of migrants surging into the US, they’re having to take drastic measures to deal with them. Crises have emerged in four areas, according to local sources and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), closing one of the two international bridges at Eagle […]

Shein’s IPO raises fresh questions on alleged forced labor in its supply chain

NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) – As China-founded e-commerce behemoth Shein moves to list in New York, U.S. lawmakers are again calling on it to prove that forced labor is not used to make its $5 T-shirts and $10 sweaters. Shein confidentially filed for an initial public offering on Monday and could launch sales of […]

Ama: New cocktail and Japanese raw bar opening in Vancouver

The only tell that there is a sexy, intimate Japanese-inspired cocktail and raw bar tucked in the space above a bustling Fraser Street Greek restaurant is the clever metal sign positioned above eye level to the right of an unadorned orange-hued door.  Light filters through the sign (designed by Vancouver branding powerhouse Glasfurd & Walker) […]

TikTok parent’s gaming division Nuverse reports mass layoffs

TikTok parent, Bytedance’s gaming division Nuverse, has reportedly started layoffs. According to a Reuters report, the China-based company began mass layoffs on Monday. However, the exact number of people who were fired remains under wraps. Nonetheless, some individuals familiar with the matter told Reuters (via The Verge) that it is likely to impact hundreds of […]

Evening Update: Truce between Israel and Hamas extended by two days

Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: A truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza has been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of war. Qatar and Egypt have been facilitating indirect negotiations between the two sides. In Gaza, a humanitarian crisis has unfolded as supplies of food, fuel, […]