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THROUGHOUT his life, Thavasothy S. Mailvaganam Pillai, who was born blind, has not only been meeting expectations but exceeding them. The lecturer at a private college had to adapt to online teaching and learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order. “I had to learn how to use an online teaching and learning platform fast during the first MCO last year. … [Read more...] about Blind lecturer exceeds expectations yet again by mastering online teaching

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek man, who confessed to killing his young British wife in front of their 11-month-old child last year, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in a case which has prompted widespread public outrage. Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, the only witness in the case, had initially claimed that thieves broke into their house in the outskirts of Athens, … [Read more...] about Greek man gets life sentence for killing British wife

The finance world, which is constantly on the lookout for rules and laws it can break in the interest of making more money, may have come up against the one law that can't be broken: the law of gravity. Over the last few weeks and months, almost every financial asset has come hurtling back to Earth after high-altitude flights. That includes conventional stocks and bonds, … [Read more...] about Opinion: Bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs, meme stocks — all those pandemic investment darlings are crashing

NEW YORK: Oil price s rose on Monday on optimism that China would see significant demand recovery after positive signs that the country's coronavirus pandemic was receding in the hardest-hit areas. Brent crude LCOc1 futures for July delivery rose $2.69 to settle at $114.24 a barrel, a 2.4% gain, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose $3.71, or 3.4%, … [Read more...] about Oil settles higher on demand optimism

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering information prior to a full re-opening of the country to tourism. Though tourism was a major pillar of Japan's economy, tourists have not been permitted to enter since it adopted strict border controls in 2020 at the start of … [Read more...] about Japan announces limited “test tourism” from May as step to full re-opening