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WASHINGTON • Veteran activist and actress Jane Fonda was joined by fellow Hollywood stars Joaquin Phoenix, Susan Sarandon and Martin

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is known for its slick social-media campaigns and public-relations prowess in always

SYDNEY • Bush fire conditions eased in Australia yesterday after a gruelling night for firefighters, with the authorities saying they

DUBAI • Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East’s longest-serving rulers who maintained the country’s neutrality in

Imagine living in a block where home is an apartment that is half below ground and the toilet cistern is

SEOUL • North Korea has received birthday greetings to its leader Kim Jong Un from US President Donald Trump, but

Industrial 3-D printing is at a tipping point, about to go mainstream in a big way. Most executives and many

THE AVERAGE INTEREST rate on a two-year personal loan is 10.7 percent, according to the Federal Reserve. But depending on

NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Wall Street ended solidly higher on Friday (Dec 6) as a strong jobs report and optimism

WASHINGTON • Hiring in the United States jumped last month to its highest level since January as employers shrugged off

TOKYO • Oil prices edged lower yesterday as investors awaited a meeting of Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

South-east Asia is a rapidly growing market for dairy produce, which is why American suppliers, processors and traders are being

The Singapore Airshow in February will be fully solar-powered for the first time in its 12-year history. The biennial aviation

Asian governments are starting to do their bit to revive economic growth as central banks gradually pull back on monetary

Polar Water Distributor has opted for fully recyclable packaging instead of plastic bottles for its new drink. Purewater comes in

Regional investors dared to conjure up a measure of optimism yesterday after slight gains on Wall Street and a merciful

SPH Reit has obtained A$205 million (S$190.8 million) in secured loans from Australian bank Westpac to finance its proposed acquisition

RIYADH • State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) will be the biggest in history, but will fall

HONG KONG • Secondary school students and retirees joined forces to protest in Hong Kong yesterday, the first of several

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia’s Hope Fund has been exhausted as the government used all RM205 million (S$68 million) it raised

NEW YORK • A US digital currency specialist living in Singapore has been arrested and criminally charged with helping North

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will this month personally defend her country at the United Nations’ top court against

YANGON • Ardent fans of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi are snapping up spots on US$2,000 (S$2,700) tours to The

Hokkaido has withdrawn from the stiff race to host one of Japan’s first three integrated resorts (IRs), becoming the first

TOKYO • Was it plain coincidence or uncanny timing? On the same day that Japanese opposition lawmakers asked to see