Phu Quoc’s light rail line will run three-car trains at a design speed of up to 100 kph, carrying about 4,500 passengers an hour on what its developer describes as zero-emission power. Engineers laid the line’s calibration rail, a short trial section used to check and align the route’s technical parameters, on Aug. 11, nearly …
Japanese discount retailer Don Don Donki, known in Japan as Don Quijote, has issued an apology after a customer allegedly discovered a cockroach in sushi purchased from its Orchard Central outlet in Singapore. A user going by the nickname “Xiaoqiang’s Lover” posted the complaint on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu. She stated that on …
Satellites developed by aerospace company VinSpace, owned by Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, will be launched into orbit on a SpaceX rocket in the second quarter of 2027. The launch will be part of SpaceX’s Transporter Rideshare program, which allows multiple customers to send satellites into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket. VinSpace said in a …
Japanese cafe chain Hoshino Coffee will shutter two of its outlets in Singapore and temporarily close another within August, leaving just three stores in the city-state. The final days for its United Square and Chinatown Point outlets are Aug. 23 and 31, respectively, the chain said without giving a reason, according to separate notices cited …
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