SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA (AFP) – The trial of two women for allegedly assassinating the half-brother of North Korea’s leader will resume in January instead of this month after a defence lawyer fell ill, a court heard on Wednesday (Nov 7). Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam are accused of murdering Kim […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore Press Holdings-owned sgCarMart has started a financial services arm to muscle in on the billion-dollar car-financing market. The car portal will offer financing to used car dealers for their vehicle inventory as well as to car dealers to offer hire purchase loans to buyers. sgCarMart’s wholly-owned online auction subsidiary, Quotz, will take a […]
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Animal health authorities in Southeast Asia have beefed up border surveillance for African swine fever after a third outbreak of the deadly pig virus was reported in China’s southwestern Yunnan province. The fast-spreading virus was found in a “backyard” operation last week in Guanfang village, within about 200km of China’s border with […]
SINGAPORE – There were fewer workplace deaths from July to September this year compared to the same period last year, although more workers sustained injuries. A total of 10 workers died in the last quarter, down from 14 from April to June this year. To date, 34 workers have died on the job in 2018. […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German industrial output rose slightly more than expected in September, helped by strong growth in construction, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that a weaker third quarter in Europe’s largest economy may be temporary. Fears about a trade war with the United States and the risk of a disorderly Brexit are weighing on […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German industrial output rose slightly more than expected in September, data showed on Wednesday, offering some reassurance about the health of Europe’s largest economy in the third quarter. Data from the ministry showed industrial output rose by 0.2 percent, just overshooting a Reuters forecast for an increase of 0.1 percent. The figure […]
SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) – Having a child has made Ms Kim Lim, a local socialite and daughter of billionaire-philanthropist Peter Lim, realise how important it is to ensure that children – especially those in less privileged areas – are well taken care of. She said: “Now that I am a mum, it made me […]
Imagine being trapped in a spaceship with the world’s smelliest fruit. Thailand’s space research agency has just announced plans to send durian to space by July, as part of a project to produce Thai food suitable for future space travel. The baked durian will stay in space for five minutes before coming back to Earth, […]
Leaders of China and major global financial and economic institutions put up a stout defence of free trade and multilateralism yesterday while expressing concern with the growing trade tensions between China and the United States. At a joint press conference with World Bank president Jim Yong Kim and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine […]
BEIJING • US billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates unveiled in Beijing a futuristic toilet that does not need water or sewers and uses chemicals to turn human waste into fertiliser. The Microsoft co-founder, who a day earlier was one of the high-profile guests at a major trade event in Shanghai, also lauded the globalised and free […]