TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will meet his counterparts from three other democratic countries in Tokyo, in a bid to keep up the pressure on China amid the coronavirus crisis rocking Washington. The so-called Quad – also including Australia, India and Japan – is slated to hold its second ministerial-level meeting […]
(Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Monday said he expects U.S. inflation to reach 2% by 2023 and wants to push it to 2.5% to offset years of below-target price rises.FILE PHOTO: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans attends the Global Interdependence Center Members Delegation Event in Mexico City, Mexico, […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, under fire for rejecting six scholars for membership of a science advisory panel, defended the move on Monday (Oct 5) amid growing criticism that it violated the Constitution’s principle of academic freedom. Mr Suga, who took office last month after Mr Shinzo Abe resigned, has enjoyed high […]
SINGAPORE – Kiss92 radio DJ Maddy Barber was annoyed when she found her car’s side mirror knocked cleanly off – until she found an apology note. The note was from a truck driver, Mr Wang Yaowen, who had just started work at his new job. He had sideswiped her car that was parked in Seng […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday (Oct 5) said he will self-quarantine for 14 days after a minister who attended a high-level government meeting to discuss coronavirus developments on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19. The South-east Asian country has seen a steady climb in cases in the past week in […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday he would protect the public finances after a surge in spending, and also defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson whose handling of the coronavirus crisis has come under fire.Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks with members of staff as he visits the headquarters […]
SINGAPORE – There were seven new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Monday noon (Oct 5), taking Singapore’s total to 57,819. They included one community case and five cases from worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). There was also one imported case who had been placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore. More […]
(Reuters) – European stocks gained on Monday, lifted by dealmaking activity and an upbeat global mood following positive updates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s health.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, October 2, 2020. REUTERS/StaffThe pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was up 0.6%, adding […]
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s centre-left government vowed on Monday (Oct 5) to ban conversion therapy, which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation, if returned to power, as widely expected, in polls on Oct 17. The globally discredited treatment, which harms and stigmatises members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or […]
SINGAPORE – The prosecution has urged a district court to sentence the main attacker in a fatal 2016 Yishun assault case to five years’ jail and eight strokes of the cane. On Monday (Oct 5), Deputy Public Prosecutor Jason Chua stressed that Ryan Xavier Tay Seet Choong, now 24, had decided to take the law […]