The stranger showed up at the girl’s door one night with a tantalising job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future.
It was a chance for 16-year-old Marselina Neonbota to leave her isolated village in one of the poorest parts of Indonesia for neighbouring Malaysia, where some migrant workers can earn more in a few years than in a lifetime at home. A way out for a girl so hungry for a life beyond subsistence farming that she walked 22 kilometres every day to the schoolhouse…
Ruling provides lessons for tech contractors
A court in Scotland has highlighted how technology suppliers can successfully raise claims for relief for delays caused to their work, and how the businesses engaging those suppliers might properly resist those claims.
Families of Lion Air crash victims demand search continues for wreckage and bodies
Dozens of family members whose loved ones were killed in a Lion Air plane crash rallied in the Indonesian capital on Thursday, demanding the search for the jet continue.
The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on October 29, crashing into waters off Indonesia’s northern coast and killing all 189 people on board.
Authorities called off the grim task of identifying victims of the crash last month, with 125 people officially recognised after…
Korean-Americans object to ‘swatiska-like’ mural that evokes memories of Japanese rule
The giant image of Ava Gardner on the outer wall of a public school gym in Koreatown speaks to history. On that score, everyone agrees.
But what the artist intended as an homage to the Cocoanut Grove, which once stood nearby, Korean groups say is as offensive to them as a swastika would be to Jews or a burning cross to African-Americans.
They don’t object to the movie star, who frequented the famed nightclub, or to the palm trees, monkey and Moorish arch superimposed on her profile to…
Thai policeman Kantapong Huadsri arrested for shooting dead French tourist Malik Djamel in argument over a woman
A policeman in Thailand was arrested for shooting and killing a French man Wednesday at a shopping plaza in Bangkok.
Security video of the killing posted online by Thai media shows the officer in street clothes running after the French man and shooting him at close range in the chest. Thai media identified the slain man as Malik Djamel. City police chief Lieutenant-General Sutthipong Wongpin said Senior Sergeant-Major Kantapong Huadsri had confessed to killing the man over an argument…
New evidence standards set for digital health tech
New evidence standards have been developed to help inform investment in new digital health technologies by NHS bodies in England.
Senior Managers and Certification Regime takes effect for insurers
New accountability rules for staff at insurers and reinsurers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are now in force.
Indian leader Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP suffers major setback in state election battle
Tuesday’s results have given a real boost to the Indian National Congress as it battles for supremacy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the country’s state elections.
Congress can now look forward to forming governments in the former BJP domains of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, with Madhya Pradesh too close to call at the time of publication.
In Rajasthan, where Congress wrested control from incumbent Vasundhara Raje, identity politics…
Thai court denies bail for soccer player with Australian refugee status who’s wanted in Bahrain
A former soccer player for the Bahrain national team with Australian refugee status must remain in detention in Thailand as he awaits possible extradition, a Bangkok court said on Tuesday, despite campaigners fears he could be tortured if returned to the Gulf state.
Hakeem al-Araibi says he was arrested and beaten at the start of the Arab spring protests in Bahrain in 2012, and was granted refugee status in Australia five years later. The 25-year-old, who now plays for semi-professional club…
International expansion vital for fast-growth companies, finds research
Two thirds of the UK’s fastest growing private companies have relied on overseas expansion to boost revenue, according to a new study. The result is in line with Pinsent Masons research which found that fast-growing companies were looking to Asia and Africa for growth.