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LAS VEGAS • Democratic White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg has mocked President Donald Trump with a giant billboard on the

RIYADH • Leading world economies must unite to deal with aggressive “tax optimisation” by global digital giants like Google, Amazon

COLUMBUS • Mr Michael Bloomberg has said he is now willing to release women from three non-disclosure agreements (NDA) related

DUBAI • Candidates affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority yesterday, reportedly leading the

A plan by the Selangor state government – which is controlled by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition – to turn

BEIJING • China’s central bank will issue loans totalling 300 billion yuan (S$59.7 billion) via its re-lending programme as part

All 1,200 employees of insurer Prudential Singapore will be able to learn how to better use data in their daily

SHANGHAI • Just as it looked like Beijing was starting to get a handle on its regional banking crisis, a

Britain is looking at the digital economy as an area in which it can strengthen its relationship with Singapore as

Although the Asian semiconductor industry has shown signs of a strong recovery for much of the past quarter, this could

Manufacturers in Singapore had been waiting for factories in China to reopen yesterday after the extended Chinese New Year shutdown

Frasers Property yesterday announced that Frasers Property Retail has entered into an agreement to acquire property manager AsiaMalls Management for

Singapore will have to develop new competitive advantages as it aspires to be a global node and add value to

Britain takes US concerns about its use of Huawei equipment seriously but is confident a trade deal with the United

The average age at which careers stagnate is seen to be 48, according to a recent survey done in Singapore.

A Filipina stranded in Japan is suing her Yokohama employer for her passport to be returned to her, in a

WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump wasted little time opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment,

MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) • Iowa caucuses winner Pete Buttigieg and runner-up Bernie Sanders came under sharp and sustained criticism in

ROME • When scientist Peter Soroye first saw that the figures showing the estimated bumblebee populations in North America had

WASHINGTON • Fireflies are under threat globally, with familiar hazards such as habitat loss and pesticides compounded by another peril

GENEVA/BUENOS AIRES • A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the highest temperature ever for the continent amid rising

Millions of voters, including a 111-year-old woman, turned up to cast their ballots yesterday in the Indian capital, Delhi, where

BANGKOK • A Thai soldier gunned down at least 17 people in an attack which he shared about on Facebook,

WASHINGTON • The Pentagon’s US$705.4 billion (S$980 billion) budget proposal for the next fiscal year would boost funding for nuclear

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the proposed peace deal between Israel and Palestine announced