HOUSTON (Reuters) – EPIC Midstream Holdings LP has begun filling a new 400,000 barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline that stretches from the Permian Basin to the U.S. Gulf Coast and will start exporting from its own South Texas terminal by the end of this year, President Brian Freed said in an interview on Monday. […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan faces its first test on Tuesday in keeping up with its increasingly dovish U.S. and European peers, as the growing pain from soft global demand and trade tensions weigh on the country’s modest economic recovery. With solid domestic demand in Japan helping to offset weak exports, many BOJ […]
(Reuters) – Swedish private equity fund EQT Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) said on Monday they would buy a majority stake in Waystar from Bain Capital, valuing the healthcare technology company at $2.7 billion. Bain Capital will retain a minority share in Waystar. The deal, which is expected to close later in […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – An Indian teenager who accused a senior politician of rape is fighting for her life after being critically injured in a crash that killed two relatives, raising suspicions of foul play. Her lawyer was also badly injured in the accident, which occurred in Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday (July 28) when […]
BEIJING – China has slammed the Trump administration’s demand that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) change within 90 days the way developing countries are designated, saying the unilateral move has shown the self-serving nature of the US. In a memo addressed to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump called on the WTO to […]
NEW DELHI – Tiger numbers have grown in India in what is being seen as good news for the endangered species. The latest tiger census figures on Monday (July 29) showed the tiger population had increased by one third to 2,967 from four years ago. “With around 3,000 tigers, India has emerged as of one of […]
SINGAPORE – A Chinese woman and a Singaporean man have been sentenced to jail for their involvement in a sham marriage, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement on Monday (July 29). Chinese national Zheng Guiling, 40, and Lim Peng Boon, a 64-year-old Singaporean man, were convicted of offences under the Immigration […]
NEW DELHI — India’s population of endangered Bengal tigers is on the rise, officials said Monday. According to a government estimate, there are nearly 3,000 Bengal tigers in the wild in India, a 33 percent increase since 2014. Wildlife experts say better safety monitoring and stricter wildlife polices have helped the tiger population grow to […]
SINGAPORE – A package is ready to help Singapore businesses and workers should the global economy take a nosedive, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat. Noting that the trade row between China and the United States has cast a pall on the global economy, he said the Cabinet has been discussing the recent slowdown and […]
BANGKOK – Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Thailand from Tuesday (July 30) to Friday to attend the annual Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Asean Regional Forum and other related meetings. Alongside his counterparts in the 10-member Asean, Dr Balakrishnan will take stock of progress in multilateral cooperation, discuss ways […]