This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite handout image shows post-tropical storm Fiona over eastern Canada, on Sept 24, 2022, at 13:50UTC. Fiona knocked out power to more than 500,000 households as it lashed eastern Canada with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, electricity providers said. (HANDOUT / NOAA / RAMMB / AFP) […]
A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) LONDON / MOSCOW – If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World […]
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite handout image shows post-tropical storm Fiona over eastern Canada, on Sept 24, 2022, at 13:50UTC. Fiona knocked out power to more than 500,000 households as it lashed eastern Canada with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, electricity providers said. (HANDOUT / NOAA / RAMMB / AFP) […]
A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) LONDON / MOSCOW – If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium and on the screens) speaks during the opening of the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 20, 2022. (LI RUI / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – Political leaders on Thursday highlighted the impact of climate change […]
In this Feb 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MEXICO CITY – Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing 10 people, officials said, in the latest outbreak of violence to buffet the country. "It appears it […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference, Sept 21, 2022, in New York. (BRITTAINY NEWMAN / AP) Former US president Donald Trump, three of his children and executives at his family business lied to banks and insurers for more than a decade about property valuations to pad his net worth by […]
SINGAPORE – Payment services company OxPay Financial said it did not announce a tribunal’s order for the company to pay its former chief executive and chief financial officer $77,000 for wrongful dismissal as the claim amount was “not material” to the group. The Catalist-listed company was responding to queries by the Singapore Exchange Regulation, which had asked why […]
This undated photo shows a general view of the Cambridge University campus. (PHOTO / VCG) LONDON – Britain's University of Cambridge said on Thursday it had benefited from the proceeds of slavery over its history, and promised to expand scholarships for Black students and fund more research into the murderous trade. Cambridge said an investigation […]
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s central bank delivered a bigger-than-expected interest rate hike to stem inflation and stabilise the rupiah, marking an aggressive turn for policy makers who were monetary policy outliers until last month. Bank Indonesia raised the seven-day reverse repurchase rate by 50 basis points, the biggest increment since 2018, to 4.25 per cent on […]
HONG KONG – Goldman Sachs cut its 2023 economic growth forecast for China sharply, predicting Beijing will stick to its stringent Covid-zero policies through at least the first half of next year. Gross domestic product (GDP) will probably increase 4.5 per cent in 2023, down from a previous projection of 5.3 per cent, Goldman’s economists […]
In this Feb 21, 2022 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree recognizing two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent, during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow. Putin signed a decree on the partial mobilization in Russia, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an event to mark the 1160th anniversary of Russia's statehood in Veliky Novgorod on Sept 21, 2022. (LLYA PITALEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) While warning West, Russian president orders partial military mobilization Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial military mobilization in the country during a delayed […]
(From left) Bill Gates, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Joe Biden, Connie Mudenda (RED) ambassador, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands pose for a photo during […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (front) speaks during the opening of the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 20, 2022. (WANG YING / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the world is in big trouble and needs […]
Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, addresses supporters during a rally as part of the campaign for general elections, in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy on Sept 11, 2022. (PIERO CRUCIATTI / AFP) ROME – Italy's right-wing bloc will easily agree on major policy priorities despite recent disagreements if […]
HOUSTON – Federal Reserve officials gave their clearest signal yet that they’re willing to tolerate a recession as the necessary trade-off for regaining control of inflation. Policy makers, criticised for being too late to realize the scale of the US inflation problem, are moving aggressively to catch up. They raised interest rates by 75 basis […]
HONG KONG – Tencent Holdings’ buyback spree is failing to revive investor sentiment over the online gaming giant, whose shares are languishing near a 2018 low. Tencent, China’s biggest company by market capitalisation, has spent nearly US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) in repurchasing shares over the past month to take the year’s total to US$2.3 billion […]
SINGAPORE – Lian Beng Group has declined regulators’ request for the company to disclose the remuneration of employees singled out as family members of a director, the chief executive or a substantial shareholder, citing potential impact on the group’s ability to attract and retain key and middle management talent. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) had asked […]
Kate and Gerry McCann pose for the media with a missing poster depicting an age progression computer generated image of their missing daughter Madeleine during a news conference in London, May 2, 2012. (SANG TAN / FILE / AP) PARIS – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday against the parents of missing […]
