TOKYO — In a triumph of elite power brokers over public sentiment, Japan’s governing party on Wednesday elected Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, as its choice for the next prime minister. By selecting Mr. Kishida, 64, a moderate party stalwart, in a runoff election for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, the party’s […]
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows The Bank of England in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo(Removes extraneous words in second paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – British lenders increased their mortgage lending last month after the scaling back of a tax break for homebuyers at the end […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s Shionogi & Co said on Wednesday (Sept 29) it plans to make at least 1 million doses of a new antiviral treatment for Covid-19 for domestic use by March 2022. The company plans to submit the drug, a protease inhibitor known as S-217622, for regulatory approval in Japan by the end […]
SINGAPORE – Sustainable aquaculture will take a step forward as local farm Barramundi Group entered a landmark partnership with the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Singapore to increase responsible seafood production in Singapore. WWF-Singapore will provide guidance for the implementation of the aquaculture improvement work plan and mark out milestones for Barramundi Group to […]
SINGAPORE – A man who threatened to kill his estranged wife after abducting and dousing her with petrol was on Wednesday (Sept 29) sentenced to jail for two years, two months and six weeks. The offender, Murugan Nondoh, now 40, also threatened to kill himself. Police officers arrested him at the Tuas Checkpoint and rescued […]
Containers are seen at a terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerBERLIN (Reuters) – German import prices rose the fastest in 40 years last month, driven by a jump in the price of oil and gas, and supply chain bottlenecks for raw materials worsened further, pointing to a further rise […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – CNN said it is preventing Australians from accessing its Facebook Inc pages after a court ruled that publishers can be liable for defamation in public comment sections and the social media firm refused to help it disable comments in the country. The move makes CNN, which is owned by AT&T, the first […]
KABUL (AFP) – As the Taliban appeared on every corner of Kabul, Marwa and her friend – both gay Afghans – took the drastic decision to become husband and wife. The hurried marriage was conducted with no ceremony or family around them. “I was telling myself that the Taliban would come and kill me,” the […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – President Moon Jae-in’s government appeared buoyed by the somewhat conciliatory tone of the statements issued last week by Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She said in a statement Saturday (Sept 25) that the North could agree to declare a formal […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – Boxing star Manny Pacquiao, who is planning to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections, said on Wednesday (Sept 29) he was retiring from boxing to focus on the biggest fight in his political career. Pacquiao, a Philippine senator who has been dividing his time between politics and fighting, made the […]