FILE PHOTO: President of the Federal Reserve Bank on Minneapolis Neel Kashkari speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should have adopted more forceful forward guidance to return the U.S. economy to full strength, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, with a vow […]
British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday (Sept 17) that Singapore and Thailand have been removed from the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine when entering England. The same applies for travellers entering Wales and Scotland, but not Northern Ireland. The quarantines are in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. Here are […]
SINGAPORE – About $124,000 worth of drugs was found hidden in papayas during an operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Thursday (Sept 17). Eight men – five Singaporeans and three Malaysians aged between 18 and 50, were arrested for suspected drug trafficking activities. A total of about 375g of Ice, about 37g of […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand on Friday (Sept 18) reported its first coronavirus death in more than 100 days, a health official said, after an infected Thai citizen returned from abroad earlier this month. The 54-year-old man, who was an interpreter based in Saudi Arabia working for the Thai Labour Ministry, had been treated in a […]
(Reuters) – European stocks struggled for momentum on Friday, with travel and bank stocks falling as a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the continent rekindled fears about the pandemic’s impact on a nascent economic recovery.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 16, 2020. […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Financial leaders from China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia vowed on Friday to redouble their efforts to help the region recover economically from the novel coronavirus and to defend a multilateral system of trade and investment.A man wearing a face mask walks in Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, following the coronavirus […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Analysts and security officials say they are watching for signs that North Korea may use an upcoming holiday to unveil new weapons or test fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), after a flurry of activity was detected at a key base. Formations of troops have been seen practicing for what is expected […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Analysts and security officials say they are watching for signs that North Korea may use an upcoming holiday to unveil new weapons or test fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), after a flurry of activity was detected at a key base. Formations of troops have been seen practicing for what is expected […]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian car dealer Realszisztema has shelved plans to build a $1.7 million service facility and warehouse. Auto supplier AGC Glass Hungary, too, is turning away from expansion ambitions as it faces a future of fewer workers and sliding sales.FILE PHOTO: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for the first face-to-face EU summit […]
SINGAPORE – A serial molester was jailed for two years and nine months on Friday (Sept 18) after targeting four victims – two of them soon after he was released from prison in January last year and the other two while he was out on bail. Vaz Clive Hilary Cheng Kiat outraged the modesty of a […]