ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for an initial one-on-one meeting on Wednesday (Feb 27) evening in Vietnam followed by dinner with advisers, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters on Air Force One. Trump is slated to arrive in Vietnam late Tuesday […]
SINGAPORE – A father of two encountered an unpleasant surprise when he opened a packet of quail eggs bought from an NTUC FairPrice outlet in Ang Mo Kio on Sunday (Feb 24). Mr Tan Jian Hong, 38, saw several maggots crawling out of one of the eggs, which had cracked open. The packet of Chef […]
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Sluggish consumer and business spending, uncertainty surrounding the country’s new far-right president and slowing global growth led to a sharp slowdown in Brazilian economic growth in the fourth quarter, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday. The extent to which Latin America’s biggest economy rebounds this year depends largely on the […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The flow of foreign direct investment into India is dropping and may suffer its first full-year decline since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. The reversal from strong numbers in Modi’s initial years in charge may indicate that investors are being deterred by the government’s recent protectionist policies […]
SINGAPORE – Haw Par Villa will be reopening its gates this Friday (March 1) after a three-month closure. It was closed for repair works which began on Dec 1 last year, the Singapore Tourism Board said on Monday. The park was closed to ensure public safety, and it will be reopening for free public access this Friday. Haw […]
NEW DELHI — The Kashmir Valley, a disputed territory that has led to war between India and Pakistan in the past, is once again bringing the two archrivals to the brink. In the past few days, hundreds of Kashmiris have been arrested, accused of fueling the insurgency against Indian rule. India has moved thousands of […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s former tourism minister Nazri Aziz said he was called up by the police on Monday (Feb 25) over his campaign speech in Semenyih. The opposition MP, who is also Barisan Nasional’s secretary-general, said a police report was lodged after a video of his speech, where he appeared to call […]
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s yuan touched a seven-month high and the commodity-linked Australian and New Zealand dollars gained on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he would delay a planned hike in tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump said on Sunday that he would push back a March 1 deadline after trade talks between Washington […]
TIANJIN (XINHUA) – China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, a joint project between the two countries, will add 10 5G base stations to the existing two by 2020 to expand its 5G network, Chinese telecom giant China Mobile said Monday (Feb 25). The base stations will enable the eco-city, located in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality, to use 5G […]
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to delay an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods drove European shares to their highest since October as carmakers and mining companies rallied. The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.3 percent by 0930 GMT and Germany’s trade-sensitive DAX rose 0.5 percent. The STOXX hit 373.18 in early […]