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Customers and bank staff outside a DBS branch in Singapore, on 5 August, 2024
Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans
SINGAPORE — Singapore's biggest bank says it expects to cut 4,000 roles over the next three years as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on more work currently done by humans."The reduction in workforce will come from natural attrition as temporary and contract roles roll off over the next few years," a DBS spokesperson told the BBC.Permanent staff are not expected to be affected by the cuts. The bank's outgoing chief executive Piyush Gupta also said it expects to create around 1,000 new AI-related jobs.It makes DBS one of the first major banks to offer details on how AI will affect its operations.The company did not say how many jobs would be cut in Singapore or which roles would be affected.DBS currently has between 8,000 and 9,000 temporary and contract workers. The...
February 25, 2025

Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans

Andrew Bayly is the first minister to resign in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's administration
NZ minister resigns after he 'placed hand' on staff's arm
WELLINGTON — New Zealand's commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned after he "placed a hand" on a staff member's upper arm last week, in what he described as "overbearing" behavior.Bayly said on Monday that he was "deeply sorry" about the incident, which he described as not an argument but an "animated discussion".While Bayly has left his ministerial posts, he remains a member of parliament.His resignation on Monday comes after he was criticized last October for calling a winery worker a "loser", including putting his fingers in an 'L' shape on his forehead — and allegedly using an expletive directed at them."As many of you know, I have been impatient to drive change in my ministerial portfolios," Bayly said...
February 24, 2025

NZ minister resigns after he 'placed hand' on staff's arm

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75,
British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban
LONDON — A British couple in their seventies have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan.Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were returning to their home in Bamiyan on 1 February when they were detained.The couple have been running training projects in Afghanistan for 18 years and their daughter, Sarah Entwistle, told the BBC she had not heard from her parents in more than two weeks.It is not known exactly what the couple were arrested for but projects run by them include one training mothers and children, which had apparently been approved by the local authorities despite a ban by the Taliban on women working and on education for girls older than the age of 12.The couple, who originally met at the University of Bath, married in Kabul in 1970. Since 2009 they have been...
February 24, 2025

British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban

The gun used to shoot the defendant was allegedly smuggled in with a hollowed-out book
Man disguised as lawyer kills gang leader in Sri Lanka court
COLOMBO — A notorious gang leader has died after he was shot inside a courthouse in Sri Lanka by a gunman disguised as a lawyer, say police.Police say the gunman used a revolver which was smuggled in a hollowed-out book by a female suspect, who remains at large.Gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne had been escorted to court to face proceedings when he was shot. Police say he was a suspect in multiple murder cases.The shooting in the capital Colombo is among a series of killings by rivaling which has persisted as authorities vow to crack down on gang violence in the country.The gang leader, popularly known as Ganemulle Sanjeewa, had been in custody since he was arrested in September 2023.Police said he had been escorted to the courthouse on Wednesday by a dozen police officers. He was...
February 21, 2025

Man disguised as lawyer kills gang leader in Sri Lanka court

HMAS Arunta, left, shadows the People's Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang and a Fuchi-class replenishment vessel
Chinese warship drill prompts civilian flight diversions over Tasman Sea
SYDNEY — Commercial flights were warned to avoid airspace over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand on Friday after Chinese warships took part in an apparent live-fire drill.It's understood at least three commercial flights diverted their course after China had given notice that three of its warships could potentially fire live weapons in a military exercise.Domestic regulator Airservices Australia pre-warned commercial pilots of a potential air space hazard, while Air New Zealand, the neighboring country’s national carrier, said it had “modified flight paths as needed to avoid the area, with no impact on our operations.”After the warning, Australian defense officials said they were uncertain whether any live fire of weapons took place. Australia's Prime...
February 21, 2025

Chinese warship drill prompts civilian flight diversions over Tasman Sea

Party chairman Lo Kin-hei addressed reporters at a late night press conference on Tuesday
Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve
HONG KONG — The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group.Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said.The party has been struggling to survive following moves by China to crack down on dissent in the city in the wake of the 2019 protests.Beijing and Hong Kong's government have argued that such moves were necessary for national security.As part of the crackdown, Beijing overhauled the former British colony's polling systems.The so-called "patriots law" was passed in Hong Kong in 2021 that ensured only people regarded as loyal to the Communist regime in Beijing could serve as lawmakers or local councilors in the...
February 21, 2025

Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve

It is not uncommon for trains to run into herds of elephants in Sri Lanka
Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday.While no injuries were reported among passengers, six elephants died from the accident in Habarana, east of the capital Colombo.Two injured elephants were being treated, police said, noting that it was the worst such wildlife accident the country had seen, AFP reported.It is not uncommon for trains to run into herds of elephants in Sri Lanka, where casualties on both sides of human-elephant encounters are among the highest in the world.Last year, more than 170 people and nearly 500 elephants were killed in human-elephant encounters overall - and around 20 elephants are killed by trains annually, according to local media.Elephants, whose...
February 20, 2025

Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka

Indian rescue teams including military divers carried out search operations for 44 days
Search for missing India miners ends as bodies recovered after 44 days
NEW DELHI — Rescuers have ended a 44-day search operation after they found the bodies of five men who were trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India's north-eastern state of Assam.DNA tests will be conducted to identify the men as the bodies are in a decomposed state, a state official told the BBC.On 6 January, nine miners were trapped after water flooded the so-called "rat-hole" mine, which is a narrow hole dug manually to extract coal.Four bodies were recovered within the first week, and search operations continued until Wednesday when the remaining bodies were found."The process to identify the remains has been initiated," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on the social media platform X.The families of the miners have also been called to identify...
February 20, 2025

Search for missing India miners ends as bodies recovered after 44 days

Ryuji Kimura (L) claimed his intention was not to kill Kishida, but to object to the country's election age regulation which prevented him from getting into politics
Man jailed for attempted murder of former Japan PM
TOKYO — A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of Japan's former prime minister Fumio Kishida in 2023.Ryuji Kimura, 25, hurled a pipe bomb at Kishida as the country's leader approached a crowd for a speech during an election event in the city of Wakayama.Although Kishida was unharmed, the explosion of the homemade device caused minor injuries to a police officer and a member of the public.The attack shocked Japan as it came less than a year after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead at an outdoor election campaign event.Kimura, who was sentenced on Wednesday, claimed during questioning his intention was not to kill Kishida, but to object to the country's election age regulation which prevented him from getting into politics.The...
February 19, 2025

Man jailed for attempted murder of former Japan PM

A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic aircraft, above Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
US calls out ‘dangerous’ Chinese maneuvers as tensions rise over South China Sea
SEOUL — A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People’s Liberation Army against foreign aircraft in a week.Tuesday’s incident was witnessed by an Associated Press reporter aboard the single-engine Cessna Caravan plane operated by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources as it patrolled near Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited rock about 140 miles (222 kilometers) west of the main Philippine island of Luzon.Scarborough Shoal, which sits amid rich fishing grounds, has been effectively controlled by China since 2012 despite its location inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, according...
February 19, 2025

US calls out ‘dangerous’ Chinese maneuvers as tensions rise over South China Sea

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