NEW YORK: Starbucks must pay a former Philadelphia-area manager – who was awarded a US$25.6 million verdict after a jury determined she was fired in 2018 for being white – an additional US$2.7 million, a federal judge has ruled. In addition to the US$25.6 million in damages awarded in June
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Transport (MOT) will ask the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) to conduct an investigation into all Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft being used in Malaysia. Its Minister Anthony Loke said the ministry did not want to make any rash decision about suspending the
PUTRAJAYA: The aircraft that crashed on the Guthrie Expressway near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor, yesterday had a valid licence and registration, including the certification of airworthiness, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) chief executive officer Datuk Norazman Mahmud. He said the Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed and six others wounded after a man fired on people outside his house following an argument with a neighbour over pet dogs in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Friday. The incident took place Thursday night at Krishna Bagh Colony in
SINGAPORE: Three individuals are qualified as candidates for Singapore’s presidential election, announced the republic’s Elections Department (ELD) Friday. They are the former group chief investment officer of GIC Pte Ltd Ng Kok Song, former chief executive officer of NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Ltd Tan Kin Lian, and former senior minister
KLANG: The government will provide all necessary assistance to the families of the 10 victims who perished in the aircraft crash in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam yesterday. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that this aims to alleviate the burden of the families, especially those who do not have
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH) is awaiting reports from the agencies involved in the investigation of an aircraft which crashed near Bandar Elmina yesterday. Its Deputy Minister, Lukanisman Awang Sauni, said that in that regard, MoH is always ready to assist in the operations and provide assistance to
JOHOR BAHRU: The son-in-law of Johor Corporation (JCorp) president and chief executive Datuk Syed Mohamed Syed Ibrahim was among the victims of the plane crash on the Guthrie Highway near Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor, yesterday. It was confirmed by JCorp in a post on the company’s official Facebook
SHANGHAI: US fast-food chain Popeyes will open 10 stores in the Chinese market this year and add no fewer than 1,700 branches in the next 10 years, said Lu Yongchen, CEO of Tim Hortons China, which in March acquired the exclusive rights to develop and sub-franchise the fried chicken brand
LONDON: Glasses that filter blue light from screens probably make no difference to eye strain, eye health or sleep quality, a new study suggests, reported German news agency (dpa). Blue-light filtering lenses, also known as blue-light blocking spectacles, have been increasingly prescribed or recommended, often by optometrists, since the early
