LONDON (Reuters) – Mining mogul Anil Agarwal pocketed just 6% profit from his 3.5 billion pound ($4.3 billion) investment in Anglo American (AAL.L), held since 2017, even though the underlying shares rose over 50% since then, according to Reuters estimates. Agarwal’s family vehicle Volcan Investments, the biggest shareholder in Anglo, said on Thursday it would […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved wheat imports from the Russian region of Kurgan, the Chinese customs office said on Friday, bringing Russia a step closer to its goal of dramatically increasing grain exports. It also approved soybean imports from all parts of Russia, the General Administration of Customs said in a separate statement on […]
SINGAPORE – A year ago, Mr Muhammad Rilwan Mohamed Haniffa would not have dared to dream that he would receive a scholarship to pursue Information Systems at the National University of Singapore (NUS). But on Friday (July 26), he was one of 138 recipients of this year’s Singapore-Industry Scholarship (SgIS) with a Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) […]
SINGAPORE – Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu remembers how many of her accountancy course mates had difficulty finding jobs when they graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1985. The challenges they faced and concerns they had then, she said, were similar to those that young people are facing today. She […]
SINGAPORE – To meet an increase in demand for primary level places, Pathlight School will open a new campus in Tampines in January 2023 which can take in 500 pupils with autism spectrum disorder. This is in addition to its main school in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 and its interim campus in Ang Mo […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -The intrusions by Chinese and Russian warplanes into South Korea’s air defence zone this week seemed designed to test the robustness of security ties between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo. On Tuesday, two Russian bombers and two Chinese bombers trespassed Korea Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) without prior notice. Afterwards, […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -During the 2019 State of the Nation address, President Rodrigo Duterte acknowledged our United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) victory against China, and that “(O)ur ownership of the West Philippine Sea is internationally recognised.” Yet he explained how our northern neighbor, through Chinese President Xi Jinping, […]
Torrential rain overwhelms parts of Nanping, in Fujian province. Heavy rain has wreaked havoc in Nanping city in eastern China’s Fujian province, causing massive floods, turning roads to small rivers and trapping many locals in their homes. After two hours of torrential rain on Saturday, parts of Nanping were overwhelmed by significant flooding. Video footage […]
TAIPEI (AFP) – A smuggling scandal implicating Taiwan’s presidential bodyguards has engulfed China Airlines after the island’s largest carrier revealed huge quantities of duty-free cigarettes were routinely sold to staff accompanying the island’s leader on visits overseas. The scam – which was first unveiled earlier this week – appears to have gone back years, covering […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – Inspired by an Australian ambulance crew who took a dying woman to the beach on her way to hospital, officials have announced a dedicated vehicle to grant final wishes to terminally ill patients. In late 2017, ambulance officers in the northern state of Queensland took a detour on the way to hospital […]