SINGAPORE – As Singapore marks the Bicentennial of Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival and Britain begins a new era, both countries have started a partnership to broaden and deepen their ties in the years ahead. The Singapore-United Kingdom Partnership for the Future was launched by Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt during […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers, the Eurogroup, will choose the successor to European Central Bank chief economist Peter Praet at their meeting on Feb. 11, the spokesman for the Eurogroup President said on Friday. Luis Rego said euro zone countries would be able to make their bids from Jan. 21 for Praet’s position […]
BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese lunar rover has driven on the far side of the moon, the national space agency announced on Friday (Jan 4), hailing the development as a “big step for the Chinese people”. The Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) rover drove onto the moon’s surface from the lander at 10.22pm on Thursday (1422 GMT), […]
YANGON (AFP) – Ethnic Rakhine rebels carried out pre-dawn attacks on four police stations near the Bangladesh border in a strike confirmed on Friday (Jan 4) by both the rebel group and Myanmar’s army, with the militants claiming to have killed seven and taken 14 “prisoners of war” as operations ramped up. Myanmar’s western state […]
(Reuters) – Activity among euro zone businesses dipped to its weakest in just over four years in December as their already downbeat expectations also turned more pessimistic, a survey showed on Friday. That will be disappointing news for policymakers at the European Central Bank, who ended their 2.6 trillion euro ($2.95 trillion) asset purchase program […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The yen edged lower on Friday after its recent surge, amid hopes upcoming U.S.-China trade talks would make some progress, but remained well bid by investors fretting about a global economic slowdown. The yen’s gains on Thursday, exacerbated by a flash crash in holiday-thinned markets, came as investors looked for safety after […]
SINGAPORE – Students who sat the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma exams in Singapore have performed better than their global counterparts. Almost all the 2,152 students from Singapore – or 97.99 per cent – who took the exams last November passed, compared with the global rate of 68.73 per cent. Their average scores were also higher […]
(Reuters) – Foreign outflows from Asian equities were the biggest in at least 7 years in 2018 as the Sino-U.S. trade war and slowing profits battered regional stocks last year. Data from South Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnamese stock exchanges showed foreigners sold a net $33.6 billion worth of equities last year, […]
SINGAPORE – An elderly man was pushing his mother in a wheelchair with the traffic light in their favour when a car ploughed into them. Madam Tan Chor Quee, 89, suffered a collapsed lung as well as fractures to both her knees, left shoulder and ribs following the accident on Aug 26, 2017. She died […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday (Jan 4) he has not received any official confirmation or indication on rumours that the Malaysian King would be stepping down. “Like you, I’ve heard rumours. I have not received any letter or any official indication about anything. So I am […]