SINGAPORE – Catch up with the hottest topics on The Straits Times’ new weekday talk show. The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, will have reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day, in the heart of the newsroom. In Friday’s (May 10) episode, senior health correspondent […]
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese shares ended higher and the yuan strengthened on Friday as investors bet Beijing and Washington would be able to salvage a trade deal, despite a hike in U.S. tariffs that sharply escalated their dispute. Even though the U.S. tariff increase on Chinese goods went into effect at midday as planned, […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely contracted slightly in the first quarter as corporate and consumer spending weakened, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Exports also deteriorated amid trade disputes and weaker global demand, hurting the trade-reliant economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have fallen 0.2% in January-March on an annualized basis, the […]
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan says it has no intention of asking Hong Kong to return a murder suspect from the financial hub if the government passes controversial extradition legislation that puts Taiwanese citizens at risk of China’s reach. Hong Kong’s government is pushing a Bill through the city’s legislature which would allow case-by-case extraditions to […]
SINGAPORE – A Nigerian national tested positive for monkeypox on Wednesday (May 8), the first case of the rare viral disease reported here. The man is currently in an isolation ward at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases and is in stable condition. Twenty-two out of 23 individuals who have been identified as close contacts […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China has a powerful financial-market arsenal for its trade tussle with America, including a hoard of Treasuries and its currency. But using those weapons is not without cost. Beijing has vowed to retaliate should US President Donald Trump follow through with his threat to raise tariffs on Friday (May 10) on US$200 […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Risks of a recession and heightening global uncertainties pushed Japan’s central bank to commit to keeping interest rates at super-low levels for at least one more year, a summary of discussions at the April policy review showed. The nine-member board also debated the pros and cons of ramping up stimulus further, with […]
(ASIAONE) – To attract viewers in China’s burgeoning livestreaming scene, hosts have come up with many wacky ideas. In a video clip that’s being widely shared on Weibo this week, a sweet-looking livestream host can be seen getting disfigured by an octopus as she tried to eat it while it was alive. Just like the […]
North Korea has fired two short-range missiles just days after its leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test-firing of multiple rockets and another missile. The missiles were fired from the town of Sino-ri, north west of the capital Pyongyang. They flew 420km and 270km respectively towards the east, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, and […]
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has topped a survey that asked people who they want to work for, with Changi Airport Group in second place and Marina Bay Sands third. Changi was first last year in the annual ranking by Randstad, a leading recruitment agency. The last time SIA took the gold was in 2014. The Randstad […]