International

Rescuers battle cold as Turkey-Syria quake toll hits 5,000

07/02/2023

Google to release ChatGPT rival named Bard

07/02/2023

Earthquake kills more than 3,800 in Turkey, Syria

07/02/2023

7.8-magnitude quake hits southern Turkey: USGS

06/02/2023

International

Temasek and GIC reportedly in talks with Adani Group accused of “brazen” market manipulation and accounting fraud

Business

Market ignores Adani’s 413-paged rebuttal against Hindenburg’s allegation and continues the sell-off

01/02/2023

Shares in companies of Adani Group owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani fell immediately last Wednesday (25 Jan) following the...

Million-dollar overpayments made by various ministries, public agencies highlighted in sampled audit by Auditor-General Office amongst various lapses

International

Singapore ranked least corrupt country in Asia, fifth in the world

31/01/2023

Singapore has been ranked the fifth corrupt country in the world and the first in Asia in the Corruption Perceptions...

US tells vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas to mask again

AFP

White House says US COVID emergency status to end 11 May

31/01/2023

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES -- The White House said Monday that the national and public health emergencies declared just as the...

AFP

Peru Congress rejects president’s plan for early elections

28/01/2023

by Paula Bustamante LIMA, PERU — Peru's Congress rejected on Saturday a request by embattled President Dina Boluarte to bring...

Ruling on Trump ban marks defining moment for Facebook panel

AFP

Meta says Trump to be allowed back on Facebook, Instagram

26/01/2023

by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES -- Social networking giant Meta announced Tuesday it would soon reinstate former president...

AFP

Jacinda Ardern replaced by Chris Hipkins as New Zealand PM

25/01/2023

by Ryland James WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND -- Hundreds gathered to applaud Jacinda Ardern as she left New Zealand's parliament to...

Ho Ching breaks silence over Temasek’s write down of its US$275 million investment in FTX, says it “can afford to be contrarian”

Business

US regulator questions VCs’ due diligence work prior to investing in FTX; Ho Ching says Temasek can afford to be contrarian

The US Commissioner for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Christy Goldsmith Romero, questioned the due diligence work done by venture capitalists (VCs)...

Current Affairs

Grateful Ardern makes last bow as New Zealand PM

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND -- New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday she was grateful for her time in office,...

“I pump but don’t dump” bitcoin, says Elon Musk

AFP

Musk tells jury buying Tesla at $420 a share was no joke

by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES -- Elon Musk on Monday told jurors that his 2018 tweet about taking...

AFP

Seven dead in two shootings in northern California: media reports