SINGAPORE: Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 4.5 per cent year-on-year in May after seeing unexpected growth in the previous month, mainly due to declines in the petrochemicals sector. This reversed three straight months of expansion, with total trade contracting 25 per cent in May, according to official data released […]
Day: June 16, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Tuesday (Jun 16) removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zone in Seattle Monday and confronted anti-racist demonstrators. Facebook told Reuters the takedowns of more than 500 Facebook […]
CHICAGO: US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday (Jun 16) that would reform aircraft certification following two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, Senators Roger Wicker and Maria Cantwell said in a joint statement accompanying the proposal. The measure seeks to eliminate the ability of aircraft makers like Boeing to […]
PARIS: A coronavirus contact tracing app being introduced in France may not be able to connect with others across the European Union because it stores data centrally, EU Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday. The EU has been hoping that apps developed by member states to track infections will […]
Gary Connell talks about the economic impact to his hairstyling business after a nine-week disruption due to the stay-at-home order for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak outside Salon Plaza in Wheaton, Maryland WASHINGTON: After 15 years working as a hair stylist in other people’s salons, Gary Connell opened his […]
Hong Kongers might achieve better results through legitimate means by themselves, says Jocelyn Chey. SYDNEY: Hong Kong’s future is gloomy, but it should not be written off yet. It plays a vital role in the interface between the China and the rest of the world. Its future is not and […]
WASHINGTON: U.S. lawmakers and policymakers should be wary of China’s moves to target vulnerable U.S. assets and expand its market share in the wake of the global economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus, according to a study prepared for a U.S. trade group and released on Tuesday (Jun 16). […]
SEOUL: North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday (Jun 16), after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang. The demolition came after Kim Yo Jong – the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – said at the weekend […]
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said China, Russia and Turkey were spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. SYDNEY: Australia’s foreign minister accused China on Tuesday (Jun 16) of contributing to a climate of “fear and division” over the coronavirus in a speech also attacking Russia and Turkey for spreading disinformation […]
SINGAPORE: OCBC has made a S$150 million loan referencing SORA – the Singapore Overnight Average Rate – the first loan to use the new rate, the bank said on Tuesday (Jun 16), part of a major global effort to change lending benchmarks. Singapore’s current main lending benchmark, SOR, is calculated […]