News you can digest in 5
If you’re like us and get all your news from Facebook these days, first can we say, shame on you. And second, let us help by getting you ready for those weekend dinner party conversations with our very own scoop of news from the week that you can digest in 5 minutes flat.
- We’ve been #prayingforMH370, but the latest news is that China’s satellite images show possible crash debris in South China Sea. Comparisons have also been drawn between MH370 and AF447, an Air France flight that crashed in 2009 in similar circumstances.
- The missing Malaysian airplane also put the spotlight on Thailand’s robust black market for stolen passports.
- Speaking of Thailand, Qantas has announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways, so from 30 March, it’ll be easier to travel to Southeast Asia from Down Under and vice versa.
- Angelina become one of the most inspiring women in the world after her preventive double mastectomy last year, when she found out she had an 87% chance of getting breast cancer. Now, this Hollywood heroine has confirmed she will be going for more preventive surgery, to eliminate that 50% chance of ovarian cancer.
- The haze is back – we smell it even before we see it. The highest PSI reading is 84 (the moderate band), but we’re told readings will be higher from from May onwards as the government will be incorporating readings of PM2.5 into the index. We have two ways of dealing with the haze; get to know all you can about it or simply escape the island!
- How would you like uproot your lives to live on board a cruise ship and travel the world? As a resident of privately owned yacht, The World, you get to spend time in the most exotic places and wake up at a new destination every few days. It’s going to be expensive, but we’re sure it’ll be well worth it. Pssst, we hear they do the occasional short-term rental, so check it out either way.
- Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s campaign to ban the word bossy is inherently, well, bossy. We totally support the notion of not repressing little girls who are assertive (with kickass leadership skills), but we’re really not sure if banning the word will make equalise the playing field at all.