China lashes out at latest US export controls on chips

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BEIJING: China on Saturday (Oct 8) criticised the latest decision by the United States to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will “isolate and backfire” on the US.Continue Reading

CPTPP welcomes Malaysia as trade bloc commits to supporting global recovery

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SINGAPORE: Malaysia was welcomed as a party to the 11-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Saturday (Oct 8). Following a meeting of the CPTPP commission, Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong announced that Malaysia had completed its official ratification process of the CPTPPContinue Reading

Truck bomb explodes on Russia’s Crimea bridge

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The Kerch Strait Bridge, which links Russia proper to the annexed Crimean peninsula, was heavily damaged and at least partly cut in a dawn explosion. Footage, allegedly from CCTV on the bridge and circulating on social media, shows a truck driving across one of the bridge’s two road spans exploding. Subsequent footage and photos show […]

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Two more Mie Sedaap instant noodle flavours recalled due to presence of pesticide

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On Saturday, the agency reiterated that it was continuing regulatory testing of other Mie Sedaap instant noodle products, and working with importers and Indonesian authorities to investigate and rectify the cause of the ethylene oxide contamination. Should it detect presence of the pesticide beyond stipulated maximum levels, SFA will initiate recallsContinue Reading