About 50 dentists, upset by what they perceive as an attempt by the authorities to protect specialists and curb their
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2 killed as cyclone lashes eastern India
Cyclone Fani leaving a trail of destruction yesterday after slamming into the tourist town of Puri in the eastern Indian
Khaw gets top honour at May Day Awards
Leading the May Day Awards yesterday was Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who received the National Trades Union Congress’ Medal
Exclusive interview: Shanmugam responds to key issues on fake news Bill
There is a body of jurisprudence and a lot of case law on how facts are defined and how to
Shanmugam spells out how law on fake news will work
A minister who acts against false or misleading information on the Internet under the proposed fake news law will have
Weddings, lower prices set to boost gold demand in India
MUMBAI • India’s gold demand is expected to rise in the June quarter from a year ago due to a
Beyond Meat shares surge 163% in Nasdaq debut
NEW YORK • Beyond Meat Inc went where no US company had gone in more than a decade as its
S’pore stocks flat ahead of key US data
Singapore shares were flat yesterday, following another weak US session overnight, as investors turned cautious ahead of US jobs data.
US adds more new jobs as jobless rate hits 49-year low
The United States had another giant month of job creation last month. There was strong hiring in the vast service
Singapore factory growth drops to 2-year low
Manufacturing growth slipped to a more than two-year low last month after a brief uptick in March as the electronics
Govt curbs hit UOB’s S’pore home loans
United Overseas Bank (UOB) is the second Singapore lender to feel the sting of last year’s property cooling measures. While
Great Eastern’s Q1 profit jumps to $342.7m
Great Eastern’s net profit for the first quarter more than doubled to $342.7 million from $152.9 million a year ago,
HSBC’s Q1 profit rises 31% on income hike, lower costs
HONG KONG • HSBC Holdings beat forecasts with a 31 per cent rise in quarterly profit, bolstered by a surge
StarHub’s profits slide 14.2% as mobile, pay-TV takings fall
Telco StarHub’s first-quarter earnings fell on the back of higher expenditure in its new cyber-security business and a decline in
SembMarine’s Q1 profit down 67.8% on lower revenue
Lower overall business volume, which hit the absorption of overhead costs, dragged down Sembcorp Marine’s results for the first quarter
Portugal PM threatens to resign if parliament passes teachers pay hike
LISBON: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa threatened to resign on Friday after his leftist allies abandoned the government in a
SECP directs freeze on Masood Azhar’s assets
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the country’s financial regulatory agency, has directed all non-banking financial companies
Sri Lanka frees Reuters journalist on bail
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Friday released on bail a Reuters news agency journalist arrested on a charge of
Radio journalist murdered in southern Mexico: Official
MEXICO CITY: A journalist and professor who fronted a radio program in an indigenous community in southern Mexico was shot
Sri Lanka bombings: NTJ’s financial controller held
COLOMBO: The Lankan police on Friday arrested a man alleged to have been in-charge of the finances of the banned
US arrests Pakistani-American for ties to JeM after helping designate its leader Masood Azhar as “global terrorist”
WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday arrested a Pakistani-American on arrival in the US from Pakistan for ties to the proscribed
Indian-American pharma executive convicted of opioid racketeering
WASHINGTON: An Amritsar-born Indian-American pharma billionaire has been convicted of racketeering conspiracy that underscored a nationwide opioid crisis in which
US Air Force General Tod Wolters sworn in as Nato commander
BRUSSELS: US Air Force General Tod D Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation
FBI sent undercover investigator to meet Trump aide: Report
WASHINGTON: The FBI sent an undercover investigator to meet with an advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to try to
Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
SAN FRANCISCO: After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones