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1. 5 months’ jail for helper convicted of molesting employer’s 12-year-old daughter South China Morning Post · 6 Nov 2026

   A Hong Kong court has sentenced a domestic helper to five months in jail for molesting her former employer’s daughter in the family home. Lady Jay Santos Flores, 45, did not submit any mitigation to Kowloon City Court on Friday before she was sentenced on three counts of indecent assault. She sobbed…

2. Prepare for take-off: SIA unveils new seats in $2b upgrade, rolling out from second half of 2027 SPH Media · 6 Nov 2026

   This is the airline’s biggest investment in cabin products to date, covering 72 aircraft in total.

3. Six prototypes later, SIA adds doors to business class SPH Media · 6 Nov 2026

   It took more than seven years to find the right balance between weight, premium quality, comfort and reliability for the new seats.

4. More reclining abilities for SIA’s new economy, premium economy seats SPH Media · 6 Nov 2026

   The new economy and premium economy seats will be fitted in only the new Boeing 777-9 planes.

5. How SIA’s new first-class seats are customised, down to the last stitch SPH Media · 6 Nov 2026

   Each seat measures 30 inches wide with armrests down and 80 inches long.

6. Lebanon's President: We Will Not Allow Anyone to Share Our Sovereignty Asharq Al-Awsat · 6 Nov 2026
7. 2027 UTME: JAMB threatens substandard CBT centres, sets tough accreditation conditions Vanguard · 6 Nov 2026

   By Joseph Erunke Abuja -The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has moved to tighten its grip on the conduct of the 2027 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, warning that computer-based test (CBT) centres that fail to meet its prescribed standards will be denied…

8. Malaysia’s Najib closer to house arrest as Umno pays US$12.3 million fine South China Morning Post · 6 Nov 2026

   Malaysia’s Umno said on Friday it had settled the court payment needed to move disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak to house arrest, after a public fundraising campaign reached its target to cover his 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine. The penalty was a condition of a royal pardon…

9. From Swans to the AFL’s ugly ducklings: Sydney’s shame is no one-off Nine · 6 Nov 2026

   Papley’s roadside drug test failure – the outcome of which is yet to be verified by a secondary sample – can be a positive for the Swans, so to speak, if it forces them to confront the root causes of the Pullman fiasco.

10. Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak's US$12.3 million fine paid by UMNO, paving way for house arrest CNA · 6 Nov 2026

    The "solidarity fund" set up for former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak had reached the target amount, UMNO said.