SINGAPORE – Cutting down on white rice may not in itself lower a person’s risk of getting diabetes, two new studies have found. Both used data from the ongoing Singapore Chinese Health Study, which was started in 1993 by the National University of Singapore (NUS). In one study, researchers from NUS and Duke-NUS Medical School […]
(Corrects graphic and story published on Jan 29 to remove Compass Group; corrects total revenue figure in headline, first and fourth paragraphs, and consumer revenue figure in paragraph 3) By Helen Reid and Lea Desrayaud LONDON (Reuters) – European listed firms expect to receive 449 billion euros ($514 billion) in total revenue from China in […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Carlos Ghosn started his interview like an executive running a board meeting. “We don’t have too much time, so let’s start,” he told two reporters from AFP and French daily Les Echos, as if calling unruly shareholders to order. But this was no boardroom or business meeting: this was the 10th floor […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – Bangkok’s governor on Thursday (Jan 31) appealed for help to battle the toxic smog shrouding the capital as the deployment of drones left Bangkok residents unimpressed. The city has been blanketed in a murky haze for weeks, inciting criticism from the public over the government’s response, which has veered from playing down […]
SINGAPORE – They are mostly construction workers by day. But on their days off, one volunteers at the non-profit Healthserve, which provides medical care and aid for migrant workers like himself. A second exercises his passion for photography and a third writes poetry and short stories. Yet another, inspired by the good education system he […]
BANDA ACEH (AFP) – Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday (Jan 31) after they were caught cuddling in public – a crime under the conservative region’s Islamic law. Flogging is used as punishment for a range of offences in the region at the tip of Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol, […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – While plastic waste has increasingly become a major global concern, Indonesia has been doing little to slow the production of disposable plastic that pollutes the land and the oceans, as confirmed by the Post’s special report on Monday (Jan 28). The world community has given Indonesia that dirty […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone economy stuck to its lowest pace of growth in four years in the final three months of 2018, data showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the 19 countries sharing the single currency rose by 0.2 percent in the quarter and by 1.2 percent year-on-year, data from the […]
SINGAPORE – It is no longer enough for lawyers and legal professionals to be just well-versed in the law, as there is an increasing need for them to think like tech entrepreneurs and use the skill to find new solutions to problems they encounter in their practice. To help them get started on this, the […]
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s economy grew at a pace of 2.21 percent in 2018, recovering from a contraction in the previous year, helped by higher oil prices, government data showed on Thursday. Oil sector grew 2.85 percent from a contraction in 2017, while non-oil sector grew 2.05 percent, the data showed. The Saudi economy recovered […]