TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – The politician set to become Japan’s next prime minister may not be all that savvy on social media – but a photo of his favourite food struck a chord with Twitter users overnight after he was elected to lead the nation’s ruling party. While Mr Fumio Kishida’s first post as the leader […]
FILE PHOTO: People look out to Canary Wharf business district at dusk, in London, Britain March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Peter CziborraLONDON (Reuters) – People in Britain have turned more pessimistic about the economy amid growing pressure on household budgets from rising energy prices and broader inflation, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. Twenty-eight percent […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean hotlines next month, but accused the United States of proposing talks without changing its “hostile policy” to the country, state media KCNA reported on Thursday (Sept 30). In his speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly, the reclusive country’s […]
SINGAPORE – Claims by Singapore Ambulance Association (SAA) that “complications” arose over employment terms, further delaying payment to vaccinators and nurses it owed wages to, have been refuted by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM). An “unsolicited” cheque from the ambulance provider, made out to MOM and TADM, has also […]
(Reuters) -European stocks rose on Wednesday after one of the worst market routs this year as AstraZeneca lifted healthcare stocks on a deal to buy a rare disease drugmaker, while chip equipment producer ASM gained on an upbeat earnings forecast.The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, […]
TOKYO — With the world’s oldest population, rapidly declining births, gargantuan public debt and increasingly damaging natural disasters fueled by climate change, Japan faces deep-rooted challenges that the longstanding governing party has failed to tackle. Yet in choosing a new prime minister on Wednesday, the Liberal Democratic Party elected the candidate least likely to offer […]
SINGAPORE – Days after a blast at the Tuas workshop killed three workers in February, the project engineer of the company deleted messages and a picture of the damaged machine from both his mobile phone and one of his dead colleague’s. On Wednesday (Sept 29), Mr Lwin Moe Tun, 31, who is employed by Stars […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Rescuers in northeastern Thailand waded through fast-flowing floods to rescue dozens of people stranded in their homes on Wednesday (Sept 29), as authorities tried to drain away waters and get more help to victims. At least seven people have died and another is missing in floods over the last week that have […]
BOSTON (Reuters) – Investment firm Angelo Gordon, which focuses on credit and real estate, said on Wednesday it hired a senior executive from Blackstone Group as its chief strategy officer. Scott Soussa, who had been the co-head of Blackstone’s hedge fund and private equity stakes business within its Blackstone Alternative Asset Management unit, will join […]
SINGAPORE – One of the two leaders of a local organised criminal group that dealt in illegal drugs was sentenced to 11½ years’ jail, eight strokes of the cane and a fine of $20,000 on Wednesday (Sept 29). Hermanto Abdul Talib, 44, who had worked as a part-time carpenter, will spend an additional four months […]