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Machines lend a helping hand in making pastries
Good pastries need the meticulous touches that can be done only by hand but chef Gwen Lim now has machines
Oven that’s the toast of charcoal grill users
Kitchen staff who work with charcoal grills know the risk of having red hot particles flying onto them but some
Continuous learning part of chef’s role
Chef Shum Chun Yi is constantly learning and reskilling to keep up to date with innovations in the food and
EU-Singapore FTA signals commitment to economic integration, says Iswaran
Against the backdrop of threats to the multilateral trading system by anti-globalisation and anti-trade rhetoric, agreements such as the European
China’s exports fall as shipments to US slump amid tariff war
BEIJING • China’s exports unexpectedly fell last month as shipments to the United States slowed sharply, pointing to further weakness
Tee to probe $6.55m in unauthorised payments
Mainboard-listed engineering group Tee International is appointing an external third-party independent investigator to look into unauthorised transactions totalling $6.55 million
Central banks in spotlight amid slight thaw in US-China row
The whipsawing trade relationship between the US and China was the main driver of market sentiment in the past fortnight.
Employers can now screen job applicants faster on portal
It used to take human resources manager Julie Angelin at least 20 minutes to download resumes and 20 to 25
British lawmakers plan legal action to ensure Brexit delay
LONDON • British lawmakers are preparing legal action in case Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to defy legislation compelling him
Hard times for UK economy as political chaos worsens
LONDON • Behind the noise of another tumultuous few days in politics, the United Kingdom’s economy quietly had one of
Typhoon lashes South Korea, killing 3 and knocking out power
SEOUL • A typhoon passed along South Korea’s coast yesterday, toppling trees, grounding aircraft and causing at least three deaths
India’s Moon mission suffers setback
India’s ambitious space programme suffered a setback after scientists lost contact with the unmanned spacecraft trying to land on the
Little headway in solving Japan-Russia territorial dispute
Over 27 summit meetings, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cajoled, coaxed and wheedled Russian President Vladimir Putin in a
KL acts to ease tensions over call to boycott non-Muslim goods
Malaysia’s administration has moved swiftly to calm communal tensions in the wake of a campaign calling for Muslims in the
World Briefs : Rebels hand in guns in Philippines peace deal
Rebels hand in guns in Philippines peace deal SULTAN KUDARAT (Philippines) • Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began
Malaysia looking into cloud seeding as haze worsens
KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia is looking into the feasibility of cloud seeding to induce rain in areas which are currently
North Korea names artillery commander as new military chief
SEOUL • Pyongyang has named an army general with expertise in artillery as its new military commander, North Korean state
KL minister Syed Saddiq slams Indonesian police over football row
PETALING JAYA • Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister has chided the Indonesian police force for downplaying the violence that broke
SIA and SilkAir forced to reschedule S. Korea flights
Six flights between Singapore and South Korean cities Seoul and Busan were rescheduled yesterday due to Typhoon Lingling, Singapore Airlines
Iran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear step
TEHERAN • Iran said yesterday it has fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles, in the latest
Mugabe to be buried at heroes’ shrine in Zimbabwe
HARARE (Zimbabwe) • Mr Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, an
Modi has ‘reasonable’ chance to nurse Kashmir back to health
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new Kashmir policy has a “reasonable” chance of nursing the strife-torn Himalayan state back to
Hurricane Dorian death toll at 43, likely to climb significantly
MARSH HARBOUR (Bahamas) • The death toll from Hurricane Dorian’s devastating rampage across the Bahamas rose to 43 and is
Indian woman, 74, gives birth to twins with help of IVF
NEW DELHI • A 74-year-old woman has given birth to twin girls in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh,