Automobile production in July slumped by 47.71 per cent year on year, the automobile chapter of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said recently.

FUJISAWA, Japan - When 82-year-old Masako Wakamiya first began working she still used an abacus for maths -- today she is one of the world's oldest iPhone app developers, a trailblazer in making smartphones accessible for the elderly.