SINGAPORE – Non-profit organisation Women in Identity (WiD), which champions diversity in the digital identity sphere, launched its Singapore chapter on Friday (Aug 28)with a virtual event. Digital identity is a subset of the digital industry centred on the use of personal information to access public- and private-sector services. During the event, Second Minister of […]
(Reuters) – European stocks slipped on Friday as investors dumped this year’s outperformers including technology and healthcare stocks and bid up banking shares after the U.S. Federal Reserve unveiled its new policy framework. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.1%. Technology stocks .SX8P, which have surged about 11% this year, were down 0.7%, and the […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell on Friday as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s new policy framework suggested that interest rates would remain low, while the yen surged after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation. The yen JPY=EBS significantly strengthened against the dollar after the news that Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, […]
NEW DELHI – When Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla was in Dhaka last week to try and mend a frayed relationship with Bangladesh, one of the offers he made was that of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. Bangladesh, he said, will get priority access to a vaccine produced by India. “When the vaccine is produced, […]
SYDNEY – Australia will provide free English language classes to immigrants and will quiz new citizens on “Australian values” to try to promote cohesion and prevent foreign states – particularly China – from tightening their grip on their diaspora communities. Announcing the changes on Friday (Aug 28), the acting Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister, Mr […]
Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi says the assassination attempt will not dampen her resolve to fight for women’s rights. Fawzia Koofi, an Afghan politician who fights for women’s rights, has been recuperating in a Kabul hospital, where doctors told her the wound she sustained in an assassination attempt two weeks ago will take some more time […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar fell heavily against most major currencies on Friday, weighed down by the prospect of lower U.S. interest rates for a long time, while the Japanese yen rose after news that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will resign. Japanese stocks tumbled and the safe-haven yen erased some recent losses overnight when it […]
SINGAPORE – It has all the elements of a good mobile app game, with players selecting their avatars and being involved in shooting obstacles, searching for hidden objects and answering quiz questions, all set to pulsating theme music. But this new gaming app, launched this month, is for people training to be Singapore’s prison officers. […]
Asian Insider Ep 37: Are there silver linings for Singapore’s economy? 18:29 mins Synopsis: Every Friday, together with our stable of 30 correspondents based around the world, The Straits Times gives an Asian perspective on the global talking points of the week. ST’s US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh hosts OCBC’s head of treasury research and […]
SINGAPORE – What constitutes a face mask in the time of Covid-19? This question was raised after a recent incident where a bus driver refused to allow a man wearing a neck gaiter to board because the driver felt it was not a mask. Under Singapore regulations, a mask refers to “any paper or textile […]