A police officer has been killed in mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Members of right-wing Hindu groups clashed with police when the protest turned violent on Monday. The police retaliated with a baton charge after the mob allegedly set fire to the police station and several […]
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s yuan and the Australian dollar led the rally against the U.S. dollar on Monday after Washington and Beijing’s agreement for a ceasefire in their trade war encouraged investors to sell the greenback and buy into riskier assets. Emerging market and trade-dependent currencies also surged, while the euro only briefly held on […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Miners, autos, tech, and oil stocks surged on Monday, driving Europe’s main benchmarks up strongly after U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed a temporary truce in a trade war. Germany’s DAX .GDAXI – the most sensitive to China and trade war fears – led the way with a 2.6 percent rise to its […]
China is trying to put the brakes on a trend towards increasingly lavish weddings and pre-wedding pranks which can often become violent or sexualised. Authorities have said modern weddings are both too extravagant and against Chinese and socialist values. The traditional “hazing” rituals couples are put through have also often been getting out of control. […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro and Australian dollar led the rally against the U.S. dollar on Monday after Washington and Beijing’s agreement for a ceasefire in their trade war encouraged investors to sell the greenback and buy into riskier assets. Emerging market currencies also surged higher, with China’s offshore yuan gaining more than one percent. […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar fell across the board on Monday as investor demand for riskier assets rose after China and the U.S. agreed to a cease-fire in a trade dispute that has shaken global markets. The White House said on Saturday that President Donald Trump told China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 talks […]
A town council in the east is taking advantage of technology and data to monitor its cleaners’ progress and plan more efficient routes. Since rolling out its estate monitoring system in September, Tampines Town Council has seen a drop in the number of residents complaining about a lack of cleanliness in the estate. It received […]
SINGAPORE – Two people were arrested for stealing an aquarium water pump from a shop – when they returned to the crime scene later that same day. In response to queries, the police said that they received a call for assistance at 4 Sago Lane at 7.42pm on Saturday (Dec 1). A 27-year-old man and a […]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s financial futures exchange said on Sunday it was further relaxing index futures trading rules，reducing margin requirements，cutting trading fees and allowing more trading activities. In a statement, the China Financial Futures Exchange said it was lowering the margin ratio for CSI300 <0#CIF:> and SSE50 index futures <0#cih:> to 10 percent from 15 […]
SINGAPORE – Two women went on a shopping spree last month and chalked up a bill of more than $1,300 – on a credit card they stole. Police arrested the two women, aged 29 and 37, after the owner reported last Friday (Nov 30) that there were several unauthorised transactions made using his card. Preliminary […]