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Netizens in China have applauded a toddler who told her mother to treat her nicely in front of people to save face. The girl’s mother, an online influencer with 75,000 followers, posted a video she filmed a year ago of her three-year-old daughter, Mibao, on February 16. The woman from northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, surnamed Wang, said she was touched by the old video and decided to share it. In the video, Mibao tells her mother not “to scold me and support me when other people are around”. She said she wanted to cry whenever Wang treated her rudely in public, because she did not want other people to laugh at her.   (Mibao received a...

The city’s announcement that it would move migrants out of the Roosevelt Hotel by June made the precious East Midtown site Topic No.1 among commercial developers. The property’s owner, the Pakistan government’s Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), wants to sell it for what sources said could be $1 billion. A developer could tear down the antiquated hotel to build a skyscraper of up to 1.8 million square feet on the roughly 42,000 square-foot parcel, sources said.     (People outside the Roosevelt Hotel wait for their children after school pickup.Michael Nagle)   PIA’s sale agent, JLL, has yet to issue a formal solicitation, which will likely...

An 18-year-old man has been successfully rescued after being lost for 10 days in the frigid, mountainous terrain of northwestern China. During the harrowing period when he faced food shortages, Sun Liang managed to survive on river water, melted snow, and even toothpaste, as reported by Jimu News. Sun began his solo hiking adventure on February 8, venturing into the Qinling, a prominent east-west mountain range in Shaanxi province known for its average altitude of around 2,500 metres and an impressive diversity of plant and wildlife. He lost contact with his family just two days later when his electronic devices ran out of battery. Stranded in the wilderness, Sun recounted walking...

Vice President JD Vance’s Alexandria, Virginia home is now on the market. Vance has little use for the DC-area dwelling. Following January’s inauguration, he and his family have relocated to the traditional abode of the Vice President — the US Naval Observatory on Embassy Row. The “Hillbilly Elegy” author bought this 5,750-square-foot property in the neighborhood of Del Ray for $1.64 million in 2023, before he was tapped to be President Donald Trump’s running mate. Now, the 100-year-old home can be yours, for $1.69 million.Realtor.com first reported the listing, which is held by Sotheby’s International Realty.   (Newly minted Vice...

WITH Japan facing a shrinking workforce in recent years, one company has taken a unique route in attracting young people amid the shortage of job seekers. The Osaka-based tech company has offered its employees unconventional types of leave to solidify its competitiveness in the job market since it can only pay its staff a monthly salary of 222,000 yen (RM6,535) with added overtime from an estimated 20 hours of work. The average monthly pay for new employees in Japanese firms amount to 273,300 yen (RM8,046) in 2023, according to the nation’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. One of those leaves offered by the company is a hangover leave for those who want some time to...

WINNING the lottery is a dream come true for many, offering the chance to provide financial security for oneself and loved ones. For one Malaysian man, that dream became a reality as he ended 2024 with a bang, walking away with a staggering RM6.2 million jackpot!Sports Toto Malaysia announced the exciting news on its Facebook page yesterday (Jan 8), revealing that the winner is a 25-year-old property agent. He struck gold by winning the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 worth RM6,221,422.10. The young man shared that he initially planned to place his bets on the Supreme Toto 6/58 due to its massive jackpot amount. However, he heard a voice telling him to bet on the Toto 4D Jackpot...

Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day workweek. Starting in April, the Tokyo Metropolitan government, one of the country’s largest employers, is set to allow its employees to work only four days a week.It is also adding a new “childcare partial leave” policy, which will allow some employees to work two fewer hours per day.The goal is to help employees who are parents balance childcare and work, said Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. “We will continue to review work styles flexibly to ensure that women do not have to sacrifice their careers due to life events such as childbirth...

In India, Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan, an e-commerce company, decided to take automation to an extreme level. In the summer of 2023, he made a bold decision: laying off 90% of his workforce and replacing them with AI-powered chatbots. This drastic move was aimed at cutting operational costs and improving efficiency, but it also sparked a heated ethical debate. A year later, Shah has released the first assessment of his decision, and he considers it a success. Ai-Driven Customer Service—Faster, but at What Cost? Shah claims that the implementation of AI in his company has significantly improved customer service. He points out that response times have dropped from nearly two minutes...

A 57-year-old retiree from Kuala Lumpur struck it big, winning an astonishing RM9.98 million in the Sports Toto 4D Jackpot 1. According to a Facebook post by Sports Toto Malaysia, the lucky winner had been faithfully betting on the same set of numbers—”5045” and “3828”—for a long time. He revealed that these numbers were inspired by his car registration and house number. “I bought a System 3 ticket based on my car registration and house numbers, and I’ve been betting on this set for a very long time.” With his newfound fortune, the retiree plans to fund his children’s education in Singapore while setting aside the remainder for...

  A luxury home that had been on the verge of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay due to erosion has been demolished. A potential collapse of the 5,100-square-foot home threatened oyster beds in nearby Wellfleet Harbor, but a dispute over its removal had left it teetering on the edge of a sandy bluff for months. But on Monday, heavy machinery rolled in to remove the house piece by piece, with trucks carrying it away. By Tuesday, only its concrete slab, chimney and a generator remained. (A home sits atop of a sandy bluff overlooking a beach in Wellfleet, Mass., Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Muggiati, File)     (The remains of a home sit atop of a sandy bluff overlooking a...