SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) may soon allow the import and sale of insects and insect products for human consumption and animal feed. In a statement on Sunday (Oct 16), the SFA said that after a “thorough scientific review”, it could allow “specific species of insects with a historyContinue Reading
Nippon Steel and ArcelorMittal, two of the world’s largest steel companies, have turned their attention to India and Thailand amid weakening demand in Japan and the energy crisis in Europe. The ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India joint venture (AM/NS India) has announced two new initiatives to expand operations in India: New construction and capacity expansion of […]Continue Reading
SEOUL: A fire at a suburban data centre south of Seoul damaged servers of South Korea’s major tech companies, Kakao and Naver on Saturday (Oct 15), causing extensive disruption to the country’s dominant messenger service and Internet portal. The fire at SK C&C on Saturday afternoon affected the operations ofContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s economy minister has drummed up new business worth T$30 billion (US$940 million) in meetings with top executives at four major tech firms in California’s Silicon Valley, the ministry said on Saturday (Oct 15). Wang Mei-hua has been in the United States all week to respond to what herContinue Reading
This story was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. In 2017, US Drug Enforcement Administration agents following the money from cocaine deals in Memphis, Tennessee, identified a mysterious figure in Mexico entrusted by drug lords with their millions: a Chinese American gangster named Xizhi Li. As the agents tracked Li’s activity across […]Continue Reading
Hundreds of top engineers and executives working for Chinese chip companies are facing a tough decision about whether they should stay in mainland China amid the United States’ sanctions. They include those who were born in China but hold US passports after finishing their studies and gaining their working experience in America. Chinese media said […]Continue Reading
This is the last of a three-part series where CNA looks at China President Xi Jinping’s policies, as he seeks an unprecedented third term in power at the upcoming 20th Communist Party Congress.Continue Reading
Some employees are understandably excited at talk of a four-day work week – but will it ever materialise, and at what cost?Continue Reading
Recognition of Axiataâs global industry leadership and execution capability
Able to assist other telco groups in their digital transformation journeys Axiata Group Bhd, one of Asiaâs leading telco groups serving over 163 million subscribers, announced today that it had been named by the TM Forum as one of the first three telcos…Continue Reading
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, perhaps emboldened by his embrace of Russia’s war in Ukraine, has unleashed a wave of missile tests with a possible nuclear test to come. The Pyongyang regime claims to be developing tactical nuclear weapons and to be responding to recent joint military exercises by the US, South Korea and […]Continue Reading