WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A man in Auckland, New Zealand, will be charged with the murder of a British backpacker who was last seen entering a hotel a week ago, the day before her 22nd birthday, the police in New Zealand said Saturday. Detective Inspector Scott Beard said officers had not found the body of […]
A US journalist has apologised after writing that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was a “scam artist” who had trapped US singer Nick Jonas into marrying her to further her career. Mariah Smith said she took “full responsibility for what I wrote, and I was wrong. I am truly sorry”. The article in The Cut, a […]
SINGAPORE – Mental well-being is an integral and essential component of good health, said President Halimah Yacob on Saturday (Dec 8). “Having a supportive community helps with the recovery for those with mental health issues,” said Madam Halimah. “By leveraging existing service providers, we can improve access to mental health services through community engagement.” She […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ already huge unfunded pension liability grew bigger in fiscal 2018, rising to $133.5 billion from $129 billion at the end of fiscal 2017 mainly due to inadequate state funding, according to a legislative report released on Friday. The state legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability also projected the liability would […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares recovered on Friday from its losses during the previous session’s global selloff, but lacked thrust from Wall Street and Asian markets. By 0925 GMT, the euro zone’s STOXX .STOXXE index was up 1.2 percent after falling 3.2 percent during Thursday’s rout, which was triggered by fears the U.S. trade dispute […]
BANGKOK — The trip to Thailand was meant to be a belated honeymoon for a young soccer player and his wife. But upon landing at a Bangkok airport last week, Hakeem al-Araibi, a political refugee from Bahrain playing for a Melbourne soccer team, was detained by Thai immigration authorities who have been asked to extradite […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China’s trade surplus with the US hit a record in November, even as overall export growth slowed amid waning global demand and uncertainty about a constructive resolution to the trade war. The trade surplus with the US was almost US$35.6 billion (S$48.7 billion), driven by a 9.8 per cent rise in exports […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – More losses may be ahead for U.S. stocks in the short term, according to an indicator with a fittingly ominous name: the death cross. A chart pattern tracked by technical analysts and other market mavens, a death cross forms when an index’s near-term moving average of daily closing prices falls below […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar struggled to recover against its key rivals in Asian trade on Friday, hobbled by renewed speculation of an imminent pause in the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle, perhaps as soon as it delivers a widely expected rate hike later this month. Of particular concern for dollar bulls has been the recent […]