JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia posted another day of record high coronavirus cases on Thursday (Sept 3), with 3,622 new infections, as the world’s fourth-most populous nation grapples to contain a spread that has caused the region’s highest Covid-19 death toll. The 134 deaths reported on Thursday took total fatalities to 7,750 from among Indonesia’s 184,268 […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will need to keep monetary policy accommodative for a while to support the struggling economy, but policymakers will not let inflation get out of hand, Cleveland Fed Bank President csaid on Wednesday. “When you’re making policy, you have to look ahead but you also have to make sure […]
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be ramping up career guidance available to students to help them better handle the fast-changing education and job landscape. This comes amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to greater uncertainties in terms of career prospects and job opportunities, especially for fresh graduates. The junior colleges will […]
TAIPEI – Taiwan on Wednesday (Sept 2) unveiled the island’s new passport cover, which enlarges the letters spelling out “Taiwan” and shrinks the name “Republic of China” to barely visible print, thus setting the travel document apart from a Chinese passport. While Taiwan’s official name is the Republic of China (ROC), the idea was to […]
The company removed more than 800 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages and groups run as part of a network. Islamabad, Pakistan – Social networking giant Facebook has removed more than 700 Facebook accounts, groups, pages and Instagram accounts that were part of a Pakistani network of “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”, the company said in a monthly […]
SINGAPORE – The Court of Appeal has upheld an order for a house, owned by now-bankrupt former Singapore Swimming Club (SSC) president Freddie Koh and his wife, to be sold to pay off his debts of about $3.2 million. However, in the light of the “extraordinary circumstances” presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and the “advanced […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said he would not stop the Abenomics reforms of outgoing premier Shinzo Abe. Suga, who is widely seen as the front-runner to succeed Abe, formally announced his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race on Wednesday. The winner of that is widely […]
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea’s main opposition party changed its name for the second time in just seven months on Wednesday (Sept 2) as it battles falling public support. The country’s political parties have a tendency to adopt new identities to try to sever ties with a tainted past or appeal to a wider audience. […]
TOKYO (AFP, REUTERS) – Japan’s chief Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga formally announced his bid to become the country’s next prime minister on Wednesday (Sept 2), with growing party support making him the race’s clear favourite. Mr Suga unveiled his candidacy following days of speculation about his plans and shortly after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German retail sales fell unexpectedly on the month in July, data showed on Wednesday, dashing hopes that household spending in Europe’s largest economy will be powerful enough to drive a strong recovery in the third quarter from the coronavirus shock. Retail sales were down by 0.9% on the month in real terms […]