Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, Nov 30. Singapore not affected by tainted flu vaccines found in Hong Kong, Taiwan: HSA Batches of flu vaccines in Hong Kong and Taiwan were found to contain impurities. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO “The affected batches of Sanofi influenza vaccines reported by the Taiwan and Hong […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A day before Canada, the United States and Mexico are due to sign a new trade pact, negotiators are still thrashing out what exactly they will be putting their names to, officials said on Thursday. The three countries agreed a deal in principle to govern the trillion dollars of mutual trade after […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO), two of Canada’s biggest lenders, said on Wednesday that global economic uncertainty and trade tensions could hurt their performances next year. Executives at the banks, which also have large businesses in the United States, were speaking after CIBC reported fourth-quarter earnings that […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments’ representatives backed on Thursday a disciplinary move against Italy over its debt, an EU official told Reuters, just as signs of compromise were emerging from Rome. The Economic and Financial Committee of the EU Council adopted an opinion that says a debt-based disciplinary procedure against Italy “is warranted,” the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was open to a trade deal with China but was not sure he wanted one, as he headed to Argentina for the G20 summit and a meeting with President Xi Jingping. “I think we’re very close to doing something with China but I don’t […]
A British national is among five G4S employees killed in an attack on the security firm’s base in Kabul. Gunmen stormed the compound after a car bomb was detonated outside, according to an Afghan interior ministry spokesman. A sixth person was killed, as well as four attackers, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s public health ministry said. […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Sikh community has set a goal to collectively clock 550,000 hours of volunteer service by the end of 2019, as part of year-long celebrations to mark the 550th birthday of the founder of the faith, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. A website, SewaPledge.org, was launched last week for members of the 12,000-strong community […]
SINGAPORE – When it comes to good governance, Sata CommHealth, a charity which runs medical centres leads the way. Its board members, for example, do self and peer assessments and also rate the chairman on a set of competencies. Said its chairman Theresa Goh: “The assessments enable board members to uncover their hidden strengths and […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s draft divorce settlement with the European Union is preferable to a no-deal Brexit even though this would leave it without a say over EU financial rules, its finance industry watchdog said on Thursday. The Financial Conduct Authority’s report was requested by parliament’s Treasury Select Committee to inform lawmakers ahead of a […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday (Nov 29) that he could not confirm that Malaysia’s King, Sultan Muhammad V, was recently married, as widely reported and discussed on social media in the past week. According to online reports and supposed pictures of the wedding ceremony, the 49-year old ruler was married earlier this month […]