SINGAPORE – A Singapore firm has unveiled a one-seater flying vehicle that it hopes could be used for door-to-door transportation in urban areas when it is launched in the United States. The personal aerial vehicle, named Crimson S8, is earmarked to launch in California from late next year, Neo Aeronautics said on Thursday (April 25). […]
From next month, many workers and seniors will be able to enjoy hot coffee and tea at 50 cents at close to 100 coffee shops and foodcourts run by NTUC Foodfare and Kopitiam. Singaporeans of the Pioneer and Merdeka generations will get the discount every Wednesday from July this year to June next year. For […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude oil on Thursday rose above $75 per barrel for the first time in 2019 in the wake of tightening sanctions on Iran, while gains in U.S. prices were crimped by a surge in U.S. supply. Brent crude futures rose to a 2019 high of $75.01 per barrel on Thursday and […]
SINGAPORE – Frontline public officers should be empowered to make quick decisions on the ground to respond to urgent situations without having to seek approval from the designated authority, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat on Thursday (April 25). This is because in general, these officers “are often in […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn was set to walk out of a Japanese detention center for a second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges, after posting the $4.5 million bail set by a Tokyo court on Thursday. Bail will enable the former titan of the global auto […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank has no intent to tighten or relax monetary policy, a vice governor said on Thursday, as the market debates how much more support Beijing will give the economy after surprisingly resilient data was released last week. The People’s Bank of China’s use of reverse repos or a medium-term lending […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Newly-minted Johor Menteri Besar Sahruddin Jamal has barely had time to work with his new executive council line-up, a selection allegedly influenced by the palace, before Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sent a subtle shot across the bow. He reminded everyone that it is the government that has the […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The eighth day of Najib Razak’s corruption trial on Wednesday (April 24) heard that a total of RM64 million (S$21 million) went into an AmBank account belonging to the former prime minister in 2014 and 2015. A witness from AmBank shared in the High Court how numerous amounts […]
ONE of the ringleaders of the Sri Lankan bomb attacks was the son of a spice tycoon who was “brainwashed” by his radical younger brother, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ disclosed. The first images emerged yesterday of Inshaf Ahmed Ibrahim, the suicide bomber and alleged mastermind of the atrocity that killed 359 people. Security services are understood […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn looked set to walk out of a Japanese detention center for the second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges, after a Tokyo court on Thursday set his bail at $4.5 million. The Tokyo District Court said in a statement that it […]