One company is encouraging employees to work from home until the end of April after many of its staff members fell ill over the past month.Continue Reading
Food delivery firm Zomato is flying biryani across cities and delivering it to the doorstep of Indians.Continue Reading
For Xi Jinping, last week was easily among the best the Chinese leader has had in a long while. First, French President Emmanuel Macron dropped by to talk up the merits of Europe forging a diplomatic path independent of the US. For good measure, Macron gave Beijing the impression Paris isn’t keen on coming to […]Continue Reading
HOW THE OFFENCES WERE DETECTED Between May 2021 and September 2021, PUB’s online sensors detected “abnormally high” levels of prohibited volatile compounds in the used water discharged from factories in the Pioneer Sector area. PUB officers carried out a surprise inspection at Chem Solv-Technologies’ premises on Sep 6, 2021, andContinue Reading
Amid rising costs and slowing demand, consolidations – in the form of exits, mergers or acquisitions – could be a viable option for food delivery platforms, academics say.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A Singapore-registered tanker which has been uncontactable since it was boarded by “unidentified persons” earlier this week has been found in waters off Ivory Coast, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Sunday (Apr 16). All 20 crew members of the Success 9 including the oneContinue Reading
LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury goods vendor, smashed its earnings records last quarter, it reported on Thursday, sending its share price soaring. The group, which is controlled by billionaire Bernard Arnault, reported global sales for the first quarter of the year of €21 billion (US$23 billion). The rise of 17% compared with the same period […]Continue Reading
Mongolia has vowed to resolve its deep-rooted corruption problems, a response to the thousands of angry protestors who tried to storm the parliament last December while calling for an investigation into a US$1.8 billion coal theft case. The Mongolian Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC), an independent government body, announced on April 12 that it had […]Continue Reading
There are scammers and then there’s Jerald Low, who has been called one of Singapore’s most prolific scammers and the country’s own version of the Tinder Swindler. CNA’s Tiffany Ang goes in search of what drives someone to cheat and hurt others in a special two-part podcast The Serial Swindler.Continue Reading
Police yesterday decided to open only one entrance to Khao San Road, the city’s most popular Songkran celebration site, while allowing visitors to leave through eight alleys designated as exits to prevent the place getting as overcrowded as on Thursday night.Continue Reading