SINGAPORE – Food delivery companies Foodpanda and Deliveroo are being investigated by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) after two Malaysians were caught working illegally as food delivery riders. In a statement on Wednesday (May 15), MOM called on all food delivery companies to tighten their processes after the two men were caught without valid work […]
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Sri Lanka said on Wednesday (May 15) that hardline Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island this week in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings by Islamist militants. The April 21 attacks, claimed by Islamic State, targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 […]
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shippers and refiners have put ships heading to the Middle East on alert and are expecting a possible rise in marine insurance premiums after recent attacks on Saudi oil tankers and pipeline facilities, industry sources said on Tuesday. On Monday, armed drones attacked two of Saudi Aramco’s oil pumping stations and […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. interest rates traders on Thursday added bets the Federal Reserve would lower borrowing costs later this year to prolong the current economic expansion in the wake of disappointing domestic data on retail sales and industrial output. They now reckon the U.S. central bank may cut rates as early as September […]
The marriage between a local Christian woman and a Chinese Christian man six months ago in the eastern Pakistani city of Faisalabad had all the signs of a perfect match. She was 19, he was 21. She was a trained beautician, he a businessman selling cosmetics. Her family didn’t have much money but the groom […]
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Politicians courting Australia’s 1.2 million ethnic-Chinese citizens ahead of Saturday’s (May 18) election are struggling to navigate a strikingly diverse community and fraught geopolitics. The click-clack of mahjong tiles barely registers amid the din of chatter at the Box Hill senior citizens club in suburban Melbourne. This band of elderly Australians gathered around […]
On Wednesday, Priyanka Gandhi is taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his home turf – by holding a road show in his constituency Varanasi. Ever since she formally joined politics in February, she has been on a whirlwind tour, campaigning mostly in Uttar Pradesh where Varanasi is located. But will her efforts make any […]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced on Wednesday (May 15) it had suspended travel agency TG Tours for two months until July 14. During this period, TG Tours will have to fulfil existing obligations to its customers, but cannot accept new bookings. The suspension comes in light of a tour conducted by an […]
(Reuters) – European shares fell on Wednesday after a rebound the day before as a softer tone from U.S. President Donald Trump calmed investor worries over worsening trade relations between China and the United States. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4% by 0743 GMT. Bank-heavy Italian and Spanish indices led the losses after some […]
SINGAPORE – About a quarter of SMRT’s five-year escalator refurbishment project across the North-South and East-West Lines has been completed, said the train service provider in a statement on Wednesday (May 15). The upgrading works, which started in August 2016, is the first major refurbishment of escalators since the MRT began operations in 1987. The […]