Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will stop being working members of the Royal Family in the Spring and will no longer use their HRH titles, Buckingham Palace announced last night. The couple will no longer formally represent the Queen. But some eagle-eyed royal fans and expert commentators had already spotted a huge clue that Meghan […]

PARIS (AFP) – Global decision-makers gather in Davos starting on Tuesday (Jan 21) for their annual meeting, with challenges facing the planet – from climate change to conflict in the Middle East – as imposing as the Alps that surround the Swiss resort. Observers fear the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) will serve only to […]

In the early 1990s, Simon De Pietro, the chief executive and founder of DP Energy, had a life-changing decision to make. With years of experience in engineering, De Pietro, who hails from Bristol, was keen for a fresh challenge. He had two offers. The first was a lucrative move to San Diego, California, to continue […]

(Reuters) – Wall Street climbed to record highs on Friday, with major indexes turning in their strongest weekly gains since August, after strong U.S. housing data and signs of resilience in the Chinese economy raised hopes of a rebound in global growth. Market sentiment brightened further this week after the United States and China sealed […]

No Deal Brexit planning reportedly started in secret this week amid fears that trade talks with the EU will collapse bringing about a so-called 'disorderly December'. The Whitehall EU Exit Operations committee met to prepare for the possibility that no agreement is reached with Brussels by the end of the year, a minister claimed. The […]

And the final hour before the country’s formal exit at 11pm on January 31 will be counted down second-by-second on a massive digital clock projected onto the facade of 10 Downing Street. Details of the package measures to mark Brexit Day were released by Mr Johnson’s officials yesterday in an attempt to quell the row over […]

KATHMANDU (AFP) – Heavy snow and poor visibility hampered the search on Sunday (Jan 19) for four South Koreans and three Nepalis caught in an avalanche in the popular Annapurna region of the Himalayas, officials said. Relatives of the missing Koreans have arrived in Kathmandu alongside several officials sent by Seoul to help with the […]

SINGAPORE – Self-help groups play an important role in building a cohesive and collaborative society, President Halimah Yacob said on Saturday (Jan 18). Madam Halimah added: “We all want to do a common good, with all the communities. This is the way we should move ahead. “There is scope for self-help groups because they understand […]