SP Group owns and operates Singapore’s electricity network, and has about 1.6 million industrial, commercial and residential customers. The utilities provider reviews the electricity tariffs every quarter based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA). The electricity tariff consists of four components – energy costs paid to theContinue Reading
On December 16, 2022, the Japanese government approved three new strategic documents related to national security: the National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy and Defense Buildup Program. In the nine years since the enactment of the previous NSS, the most significant changes for Japan have been the growing military threat from China and military […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A 51-year-old man who was jailed in 2018 for providing remote gambling services and receiving illegal 4D and TOTO bets had more than S$110,000 confiscated from him under an order by the High Court. Gan Chin Huat was found to have “accumulated unexplained wealth through his illegal activities overContinue Reading
With a changing of the guard at the top of the world’s biggest carmaker, Toyota, there’s an opportunity for the company to rethink its stance on hydrogen. Outgoing chief executive officer Akio Toyoda has been the most outspoken on hydrogen of any automaker, framing it as a serious competitor to battery electric vehicles. But this […]Continue Reading
The parting words of Xi Jinping to Vladimir Putin were both ominous and momentous. “A change is coming that we haven’t seen in a hundred years, and we’re driving this change together,” China’s leader told the Russian president on Wednesday as he ended his trip to Moscow. In the West, the declarations of friendship provoked anxiety about […]Continue Reading
An Australian woman was told she had broken rules by being naked in a changing room.Continue Reading
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan recreated a moment made famous by a fellow Aboriginal player 30 years ago.Continue Reading
China is weighing the risk of losing trade benefits and carbon emission exemptions after the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that calls for revoking “developing country” status of what is now the world’s second-largest economy. The bipartisan bill, titled “The People’s Republic of China Is Not a Developing Country Act,” was passed […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, India: At least 35 people were killed and 16 were injured after the roof of a stepwell collapsed in central India, a local government official said on Friday (Mar 31). The incident occurred as devotees gathered at a temple in Indore to celebrate the Hindu festival of Ram NavamiContinue Reading
The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 36 on Friday (Mar 31) after rescuers discovered the body of the last person still missing, police told AFP. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday plunged into the stepwell – a stair-linedContinue Reading