At least 11 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest this year. Kami Rita Sherpa, who’s been to the world’s highest summit more times than anyone else, tells the BBC too many climbers are led to believe Everest is easy. On 13 May, exhausted and struggling to breathe, Yunfei Wang, a Chinese climber in […]
SINGAPORE – A 29-year-old Malaysian was arrested on Wednesday (June 5) after a jewellery company found more than 300 pieces of jewellery missing from two of its outlets. The police said on Friday that they first received reports about the missing jewellery, which was worth more than $250,000, in February 2016. Through ground enquiries, officers […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories rose a bit more than initially thought in April, with stocks in the automotive sector increasing by the most in eight months. The Commerce Department said on Friday wholesale inventories rebounded 0.8%, instead of increasing 0.7% as reported last month. Wholesale inventories were unchanged in March. They rose 7.6% […]
GENEVA — A group of United Nations human rights experts called on Friday for an international inquiry into the state of human rights in the Philippines because of the “staggering number” of unlawful killings by the security services and official attacks on people and institutions who defend human rights there. In a strongly worded condemnation […]
A Russian warship and a US warship have come close to collision in the western Pacific Ocean, with each side blaming the other for the incident. Russia’s Pacific Fleet said the cruiser USS Chancellorsville crossed just 50 metres (160ft) in front of the destroyer Admiral Vinogradov at 06:35 Moscow time (03:35 GMT). It was forced […]
A Russian destroyer and a United States Navy guided missile cruiser nearly collided on Friday in the Philippine Sea, and each side blamed the other for what could have been a devastating episode. The United States Navy said the events took place around 11:45 a.m. local time as a result of an “unsafe and unprofessional” […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. bond fund managers are betting that the steep gains in Treasuries over the last month are here to stay. Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury rate have dropped to near 2.10% after rising as high as 2.55% as recently as May 2 as fears of escalating trade wars and slowing […]
SINGAPORE – When it comes to advertising, One Raffles Place and SPHMBO are stars of the big screen. A mega LED screen measuring 100 sq m will be installed at the six-storey shopping mall later this year in a partnership between the skyscraper and SPHMBO – the outdoor advertising arm of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China has “tremendous” room to adjust monetary policy if the trade war with the US deepens, People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang has said. “We have plenty of room in interest rates, we have plenty of room in required reserve ratio rate, and also for the fiscal, monetary policy toolkit, I […]
SINGAPORE – Four men and two women, all Singaporeans, were taken to court on Friday (June 7) after they allegedly abused public servants, including police officers, in separate incidents. One of the women, Resshmi B. Rasmi, 21, allegedly pushed Station Inspector Gerald Chan Wee Ming’s chest and held him in a chokehold at Orchard Towers […]