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Restaurant owner buys top workers BMWs after seeing them ride e-bikes to work in the cold
Oct 11, 2026

Restaurant owner buys top workers BMWs after seeing them ride e-bikes to work in the cold

A restaurant owner in China's Henan Province has given top-performing employees BMWs worth about 300,000 yuan (US$44,700) each after seeing them ride electric bikes to work in the cold.


NFA targets procurement of 500,000 MT of palay for ongoing harvest season
Oct 11, 2026

NFA targets procurement of 500,000 MT of palay for ongoing harvest season

The National Food Authority (NFA) said on Sunday that it is targeting to procure up to 500,000 metric tons (MT) of palay (unhusked rice) this ongoing harvest season.


ASEAN Can Weather a Typhoon, But a Taiwan Crisis Is a Different Story
Oct 11, 2026

ASEAN Can Weather a Typhoon, But a Taiwan Crisis Is a Different Story

ASEAN faces growing geopolitical risks requiring better crisis coordination for non-combatant evacuations, especially amid potential Taiwan Strait conflict. Existing mechanisms focus on disasters, not evacuations. Recommendations include moderating expectations, choosing centralized/decentralized approaches, leveraging limited resources, learning from past operations, and starting with small, incremental improvements to build momentum.


Oct 11, 2026

Scheme providing subsidies for haze-related conditions to start Oct 12: Ong Ye Kung

MOH has seen an uptick in the number of people visiting hospitals’ emergency departments and polyclinics for respiratory issues


Oct 11, 2026

Haze subsidy scheme for related medical conditions starts Oct 12 for eligible S’poreans: Ong Ye Kung

MOH has seen an uptick in the number of people visiting hospitals’ emergency departments and polyclinics for respiratory issues


60yo mother logs 8,000 hours in Counter-Strike, becomes esports star after opposing son's gaming
Oct 11, 2026

60yo mother logs 8,000 hours in Counter-Strike, becomes esports star after opposing son's gaming

A 60-year-old Chinese woman who once hauled her son out of internet cafes now plays Counter-Strike seven to eight hours a day and livestreams to more than 400,000 followers.


15 small US colleges where graduates earn over $100,000 decade after graduating
Oct 11, 2026

15 small US colleges where graduates earn over $100,000 decade after graduating

The California Institute of Technology tops Forbes's 2027 ranking of small private U.S. colleges, a list whose top 15 schools all have alumni earning median salaries above US$100,000 a decade after graduation.


[Two Pronged] I left my husband over his secret cross-dressing — and took the blame for the breakup
Oct 11, 2026

[Two Pronged] I left my husband over his secret cross-dressing — and took the blame for the breakup

Our letter sender endured seven broken promises before finally walking out on her husband's secret cross-dressing. But now, she faces a new dilemma: is it time to tell her family and friends the truth?


Ayala wants the whole to be worth more than its parts
Oct 11, 2026

Ayala wants the whole to be worth more than its parts

MANILA, Philippines — Ayala Corp., the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate, has spent decades building businesses big enough to stand on their own. Now, it wants to give them a stronger reason to stand together. READ: The infrastructure that builds people A pioneering bank, an iconic property developer, a growing telecommunications company and a dominant fintech platform can


Paco shares life lessons from cool venture
Oct 11, 2026

Paco shares life lessons from cool venture

MANILA, Philippines — Addressing the 2026 graduating class of the University of Batangas (UB), Francisco “Paco” Magsaysay had one lesson to share with the young people who would be leaving the comfort and relative predictability of the academe for the uncertainty of the real and wider world. Resilience, said Magsaysay, the third in his family to


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