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Markos, real name Marcos Hernandez, says that not only was he unaware of May's purported pregnancy, but that the baby would have to have been conceived naturally during a drunken one-night stand in Mexico City earlier this summer—the sole occasion they were intimate and the last time they spoke. "We never had an actual relationship," he tells Newsweek from his Southern California home. "It was kind of curious to me, because I did go to Mexico to the Pepsi Center, to an event that we were invited to... We drank—I drank so much that I don't even know what happened that night. It was just crazy. "And then she never told me anything. I was just getting [messages] on my Instagram, like, 'Happy that you're gonna be a dad,' and it just went crazy." https://www.newsweek.com/lyn-may-got-pregnant-after-drunken-one-night-stand-babys-father-claims-1619116

his youtube career is over

SINGAPORE - YouTuber Darryl Ian Koshy, 32, better known as Dee Kosh, appeared in a district court on Thursday (Aug 19) and was charged, including with three offences involving commercial sex with a minor below 18. Koshy, who was handed seven charges in all, is also accused of three offences under the Films Act and one under the Children and Young Persons Act. He had made a name for himself with parody music videos and won notice for his stand-up comedy. Accusations against him first made the headlines last year. At the time, he had 380,000 followers on his YouTube channel and was known for food reviews on the Night Owl Cinematics (NOC) YouTube channel. In an earlier statement, NOC said it had received a request from Koshy's management "for him to be released of any professional service engagement with us". It added: "We can confirm that he has no outstanding or ongoing projects with NOC at present. "All further collaborations with Dee Kosh have been put on hold indefinitely." Several firms that Koshy had previously worked with, including Huawei, Foodpanda and Lenovo, also said earlier that their engagements with him had ended and there were no ongoing or future projects planned. Power 98 FM, where he used to host weekday night shows, said last year that he had been put on leave and that the station "does not tolerate any form of harassment". Koshy's case has been adjourned to Sept 15.

SINGAPORE: Robot baristas will be serving commuters gourmet coffee at 30 MRT stations by the end of 2022, as part of a collaboration between retail management company Stellar Lifestyle and food and beverage start-up Crown Digital. Taking up less than 5 sq m of retail space, the robot barista named ELLA has a cashless and contactless interface that can serve up to 200 cups of coffee per hour to commuters, the firms said on Wednesday (Aug 18) in a media release. Commuters will be able to order their drinks ahead of time via an app and collect them upon arrival at the MRT station. The robot barista is created by Crown Digital. Stellar Lifestyle, a business arm of SMRT formerly called SMRT Commercial, has invested in Crown Digital's pre-series A fundraising round. The deployment of the robot at 30 SMRT-operated train stations is part of this deal, Stellar Lifestyle and Crown Digital said. "We plan to enhance commuters’ experience by enlivening and transforming Singapore’s public transport network spaces with innovative and new-to-network concepts," said Stellar Lifestyle president Tony Heng. "ELLA is an example of the kind of lifestyle concepts we are actively looking for at MRT stations across the island.” This will be Crown Digital's second collaboration with a rail network. In December, it signed an agreement to deploy the robot barista for test-marketing at JR East's train stations in Japan. "With this strategic investment, Crown Digital has a target addressable market of 1.4 million ridership daily right here in Singapore. We are working to commercialise this unique solution globally and employ high-tech talent locally," said Crown Digital CEO Keith Tan. Source: CNA/nh

SINGAPORE - A woman has been detained after shouting in court during the trial of Benjamin Glynn on Wednesday (Aug 18) morning. The judge had told the woman, whose mask had broken, to leave the court. But she refused to comply and started shouting "kangaroo court" several times. She was also heard calling herself a "living woman" and saying she had no contract with the police, making reference to the same sovereign citizen movement as Glynn had made. When the police attempted to escort her out, she told them not to touch her. She also shouted: "I do not respect the judge." The judge instructed the police to remove her from the court and stood down the case temporarily. The case resumed shortly after she left the court escorted by several officers. Outside the courtroom, the woman remarked that wearing a mask was unnecessary. When told that she was not allowed to enter the court again, the woman questioned the officers. She said: "Why can't I go back inside? Is he (the judge) afraid I'll call him a kangaroo again?" When the woman attempted to leave about 15 minutes later, the officers stopped and detained her. She then told the police she was a Singaporean and recited her IC number to them. The Straits Times understands she has been detained and is being questioned by the police in a holding room in the State Courts. ST has contacted the police for comment.

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SINGAPORE - Households here will each be given 50 medical-grade surgical masks and 25 N95 respirator masks, which they can collect at 131 supermarket outlets islandwide from Aug 26. This is the fifth distribution exercise of Temasek Foundation's Stay Prepared initiative, which was introduced to help prepare communities for emergencies such as Covid-19. More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite. Temasek chief executive Ho Ching announced the distribution of the free masks in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Aug 17). The exercise will run from Aug 26 to Sept 26. The investment firm's philanthropic arm is working with larger supermarket outlets and selected CapitaLand malls to distribute the masks. They include supermarket chains such as Sheng Siong, Prime, FairPrice, Cold Storage and Giant. To collect the masks, residents must bring a paper or electronic SP Group utility bill - showing their SP bill account number - which will be scanned and recorded for the issue of the masks. Ms Ho said that pharmacies will not be participating in the exercise, as the masks are bulky and "their outlets are too small to carry much stock". "Not all the supermarket outlets can support this exercise too, as they would need a fairly large on-site store, or have a very tightly linked supply chain," she said. Household representatives are encouraged to reduce plastic waste by taking their own bags to carry the boxes of masks when the collection exercise begins. The exercise was announced earlier this month with Ms Ho noting that the Delta variant has an infectivity rate of between five and six people. She said then that 80 per cent of the population would need to wear "80 per cent effective masks or better" to curb the spread. Ms Ho also explained that surgical masks have 95 per cent filtration efficiency or better, while N95 masks are worn for high-risk jobs such as looking after Covid-19 patients or doing mass swabbing exercises. In the post on Tuesday, she advised residents not to rush to collect the masks on the first three days of the exercise as "there are plenty of stock". "This and other Stay Prepared initiatives have been made possible with the dedication and kindness of many, many public-spirited volunteers from all walks of life," Ms Ho said. Temasek Foundation last month distributed free oximeters, which measure blood oxygen levels, through major pharmacies and supermarket chains.

Buy high sell low live up to his name

Temasek walked into market minefield last quarter with new bets on Chinese education stocks, Didi Global before July slump Singapore’s state investment arm initiated four new positions in Chinese companies, mainly education stocks, plus a stake in Baidu and Didi Global These companies suffered among the fiercest sell-offs this year in July when China began probing data security breaches at Didi Global Temasek Holdings walked into a stock market minefield in China last quarter by putting more money into several Chinese education and tech-platform stocks and disclosing a big stake in ride-hailing firm Didi Global, before they sank in July amid a regulatory storm. The Singapore state investment arm initiated four new positions in the depositary shares of Chinese companies – 17 Education & Technology, Baidu, Kanzhun and New Oriental Education Technology – during the three months to June 30, according to its 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late on Monday. It disclosed a US$466 million stake in ride-hailing firm Didi Global following its New York listing in June. These companies suffered among the fiercest sell-offs this year in July when the Cyberspace Administration of China began probing data security breaches at Didi Global within hours of its NY listing on June 30. Education firms also slumped in July, after the Chinese government widened its scrutiny and slammed for-profit after-school tutoring businesses, sending stocks in the sector into a nosedive. Signage at the Didi Global Inc. offices in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. China will step up oversight of its ride-hailing companies, adding to a widening campaign by Beijing to rein in its internet sector. Photographer: Bloomberg Signage at the Didi Global Inc. offices in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. China will step up oversight of its ride-hailing companies, adding to a widening campaign by Beijing to rein in its internet sector. Photographer: Bloomberg The regulatory assault precipitated a US$1.2 trillion slump in Chinese technology and education stocks listed in the mainland, Hong Kong and US markets in July, leaving the market guessing as to the extent of President Xi Jinping’s drive to fix income inequality and market malpractices. “Didi‘s previous disclosure indicated that we, as an existing investor, had participated in the company’s IPO,” Temasek said in an email on Tuesday in response to questions from the Post. “Our investments around the world are guided by an intrinsic value test where we invest against a risk-adjusted cost of capital.” The firm declined to comment whether those stakes have changed materially since June 30, pointing to its investment review issued last month. That review indicates Temasek’s interest in education stocks may have been bigger. “In China, we invested in companies riding on the digitisation trend. As demand for online education services increases, in part due to the pandemic, we invested in Trustbridge Global Media, an online children’s content platform,” it said in the review. Other stakes included Tezign, a creative cloud platform and Didi Freight, a digital truck matching platform. Temasek is not alone in feeling the heat as China’s clampdown hit investments held by global money managers and hedge funds including Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates. SEC chair Gary Gensler warned investors about the risk of investing in Chinese companies in a video posted on Monday. “Beijing does not see most online platforms as contributing much to the economy,” according to analysts at BCA Research. “What they do see are companies with the potential to undermine the authority of the Communist Party. In the case of online education providers, reduce the birth rate by burdening parents with high educational expenses.” Didi Chuxing, Ant Group backer Temasek remains ‘bullish’ on China as Beijing cracks down on tech sector Temasek remains ‘bullish’ on China as Beijing cracks down on tech sector Temasek’s 13F filing on Monday listed investments in at least 13 Chinese companies. Among the biggest bets, the investment firm trimmed its stake in Alibaba Group Holding, the owner of this newspaper, for a second straight quarter. It bought more of the securities of Pinduoduo, Beigene and TAL Education and exited from China Biologic Products. It maintained its stake in Tencent Music Entertainment, Gracell Biotechnologies and ZTO Express. In all, Temasek’s 13F filing outlined 99 companies with a market value of US$34.3 billion at the end of June, an increase of US$8.8 billion from March 31. It represented a small portion of the S$381 billion (US$281 billion) of assets it managed at the end of March 31. Temasek had about 27 per cent of its cash invested in China in March, the biggest allocation by geography outside its home base, according to its March review. They included minority stakes in Hong Kong-listed shares of China Construction Bank, ICBC, Ping An Insurance, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent Holdings and WuXi Biologics https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3145286/temasek-walked-market-minefield-last-quarter-new-bets

HANOI, Aug 16 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam is now ranked third in instant noodles consumption after China/Hong Kong and Indonesia. Around 7 billion packs of instant noodles were eaten in the country last year, according to the World Instant Noodles Association (WINA). The latest survey by Nielsen Vietnam shows that the consumption rate has increased by 67 per cent. Vietnam is home to many local and foreign instant noodles producers. China is currently the world's highest consumer of instant noodles, but the growth rate in consumption is not as high as that of Vietnam. According to data from the WINA, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in the demand for instant noodles around the world. The consumption demand of this product surged by 14.79 per cent year-on-year in 2020. Statistics of the WINA show the Asian market was the biggest consumer of this product, accounting for 56.45 per cent of the total global instant noodle consumption last year, especially in Northeast Asian countries such as China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. With the five main markets, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia - the South-East Asian region accounted for 25.24 per cent of the total demand. According to a market research report of Facts and Factors, revenue from noodles is expected to increase to US$73.55 billion over the next five years from $45.67 billion in 2020. A number of Vietnamese companies recorded a 300-per cent surge in the noodle export output. Instant noodles made in Việt Nam have been sold in more than 40 countries worldwide. - Vietnam News/ANN

Living in the tropical region can be a torture sometimes, since the sun shines so mercilessly on us all year round. Most of us know that wearing black will make you feel hotter under the sun, while wearing white will make you feel cooler. But what about the other colours? According to an experiment carried out in June 2019 by Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies, apart from wearing lighter colours, it seems that wearing warm colours will, ironically, make you feel cooler too. In the experiment, nine different coloured polo shirts were placed on mannequin torsos under the Japanese summer sun. After five minutes of exposure, the fabrics’ surface temperatures were measured. The results revealed that the white shirt was the coolest, followed by the yellow shirt. Both shirts had temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius. The next coolest were the light grey and red shirts. In the middle were the purple, blue and green shirts, while the dark green and black shirts were the hottest, with surface temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius. This essentially meant that the white shirt and the black shirt had around 20 degrees Celsius difference in surface temperature! The difference is actually due to what wavelengths of light the colours reflect and absorb, along with the heat energy associated with those wavelengths. White reflects all wavelengths of light and its heat, while black absorbs all wavelengths of light and its heat. The next time you are sick of wearing white on a hot day, you can consider wearing yellow, light grey or red, which have relatively higher reflectance.

hahahaha. egg is yellow ma there no other yellow BTW, already 4 eye + old flower eye = mean aging mean1 leg in coffin already

egg is saffron ?

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SINGAPORE - Two masterminds behind a $39.9 million SkillsFuture scam, the largest fraud against a public institution here, have been sentenced to a jail term of more than 31 years combined for cheating, forgery and money laundering offences, among others. Ng Cheng Kwee was sentenced to more than 17 years in jail, while his wife, Lee Lai Leng, was given a 14-year jail sentence on Monday (Aug 16), said the police. The scam targeted SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), which oversees an initiative aimed at promoting lifelong learning. The SSG scheme pays subsidies to Singapore businesses when they send an employee for skills training courses with registered training providers if certain conditions are met. This subsidy reimburses some of the course fees and is paid either to the training provider or the business, depending on the claim method used. The scammers used nine Singapore-registered firms that submitted 8,386 fraudulent course fee grant applications and a corresponding 8,391 claims to SSG between May and October 2017. These submissions involved 25,141 employees purportedly working for six applicant entities. These "employees" purportedly attended training courses conducted by three training providers. All nine were in fact shell companies that Ng, Lee and other co-conspirators had registered as applicant companies and training providers with SSG between January and July 2017. To prevent their own names from appearing in the claims, they paid three people to act as nominee directors of the nine entities. "The syndicate's scheme resulted in SSG disbursing approximately $39.9 million of training grants in total to the corporate bank accounts of eight entities," said the police in a statement on Monday. When SSG flagged some of the course fee grant applications and claims for manual checks, Ng and Lee submitted forged and/or falsified documents to SSG between May 2017 and August 2017. "These documents include employment contracts and attendance records of training courses, which were never conducted," the police said. Ng enlisted an acquaintance, a Vincent Peter, to arrange for someone to encash cheques from the corporate accounts of the nine entities in August and September 2017. The cheques had been pre-signed by the nominee directors. Vincent Peter in turn approached Manickam Pragasam and Nathan Muniandy to encash the cheques. Ng Cheng Kwee was arrested on Dec 4, 2017. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW The cash was placed in a safe at the flat of Lee's brother, Lee Chi Wai. Ng and Lee used some of the proceeds to purchase 11kg of gold. Lee was arrested on Nov 2, 2017, while Ng was arrested a month later on Dec 4 when he returned from China. The six men who were part of Ng and Lee's syndicate, including Lee's brother, were convicted in 2018 and 2019 and sentenced to jail terms ranging from 33 to 104 months. Court proceedings against three other alleged members of the syndicate are ongoing.