Virtual work parties: the good, the bad and the plain peculiar

Virtual work parties? You can’t really mingle with colleagues, or dance with them, and it’s tough to get in the disco mood in your home office. On the other hand, you can’t spread disease, you don’t have to traipse home and there’s no chance of an ill-advised amorous encounter.

Influx of HK buyers fails to stem London’s posh home slide

LONDON: An influx of cash-rich Hong Kong buyers is barely making a dent in London’s ailing luxury property market.

90% want to continue as tour guides in KL

The tourism industry may have come to a complete halt during the Covid-19 pandemic but most tour guides are eager to return to the sector once borders reopen.

Afghan journalists, targets of violence, face 'undeclared war' on free press

A wave of targeted killings of Afghan journalists has some fleeing the country. Those who decided to stay have no illusions about the dangers.

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 6,114 - RKI

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 6,114 to 2,334,561, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 218 to 64,960, the tally showed.

Covid-19 should teach us to be better travellers

The Covid-19 should profoundly change how we travel in 2021 and beyond.

Homeritz to ride on strong demand for furniture

UK expects 300,000 people to leave Hong Kong, move to Britain

LONDON (Bloomberg): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson estimates about 300,000 Hong Kong citizens will take advantage of a new visa route to leave the former British colony and settle in the UK, despite nearly three million people being eligible.

Gabungan AQRS wins two jobs worth RM83.6mil

PETALING JAYA: Gabungan AQRS Bhd has secured two construction jobs worth a combined RM83.6mil in Kuala Lumpur.

No computer, no heat: UK’s poorest struggle with homeschooling

With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions of children in Britain are struggling to learn remotely, because of a lack of computers, Internet or quiet room to study.