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Confessions of a S’pore Grab driver: How the app is changing as it enters its profitability era

Ms Carmen Ortega, who started driving for a ride-hailing app in 2015, runs the Confessions of a Grab driver Instagram page.
Ms Carmen Ortega, who started driving for a ride-hailing app in 2015, runs the Confessions of a Grab driver Instagram page.

Airport workers miss pay as US government shutdown hits one month

The lapse in funding is forcing thousands of Transportation Security Administration staff to work without pay as spring travel picks up.
The lapse in funding is forcing thousands of Transportation Security Administration staff to work without pay as spring travel picks up.

North Korea media silent on restart of Pyongyang-Beijing train service

A passenger train with cross-border service to North Korea's Pyongyang leaving Beijing Railway Station on March 12.
A passenger train with cross-border service to North Korea's Pyongyang leaving Beijing Railway Station on March 12.

Tada passengers to pay $2.50 fee if they cancel on drivers who are en route or near pickup point

Tada's new policies will come into effect at noon on March 18.
Tada's new policies will come into effect at noon on March 18.

Japan’s JR East railway to raise train fares for first time since 1987

Fares will increase by an average of 7.1 per cent in a bid to boost company revenues.
Fares will increase by an average of 7.1 per cent in a bid to boost company revenues.

Gold stuck in Dubai is being sold at discount as war widens

Gold is typiclaly transported in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft, a mode of transportation that has been severely disrupted due to Iranian missiles.
Gold is typiclaly transported in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft, a mode of transportation that has been severely disrupted due to Iranian missiles.

Taxi operators absorb costs at their pumps as petrol prices rise again amid Middle East war

Petrol station operators Shell, Caltex and Esso continued to raise fuel prices on March 5.
Petrol station operators Shell, Caltex and Esso continued to raise fuel prices on March 5.

Canada working to repatriate more than 2,000 citizens from Middle East

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 28, 2026.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 28, 2026.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo

Governments weigh repatriations as conflict grounds Middle East flights

FILE PHOTO: Qatar airline staff stand by a departure board displaying cancelled flights to Middle East countries amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in Greater London, Britain, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Qatar airline staff stand by a departure board displaying cancelled flights to Middle East countries amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, in Greater London, Britain, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

Seoul’s water bus service to resume full operation on March 1 after being plagued by safety issues

A passenger takes out a camera to take Seoul's cityscape ouside the window of Hangang Bus.
A passenger takes out a camera to take Seoul's cityscape ouside the window of Hangang Bus.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.