Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half year deal, a month after the 37-year-old forward became a free agent when his contract with Premier League club Manchester United was terminated. Here is what you need to know about the club: WHAT IS AL […]
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BEIJING: Chinese state-media said Covid testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening. Having kept its borders all but shut for three years, imposing a strict […]
China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country’s zero-Covid policy. Travellers wait with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. After three years of closed borders, […]
CEO Elon Musk’s preoccupation with Twitter after taking over the tech firm in late October and his sell-off of Tesla shares to fund his Twitter purchase has also contributed to the plunge in stock price SINGAPORE: Tesla’s shares are at their lowest level in years, with the company’s shares dropping […]
SINGAPORE : Chinese refining giant Sinopec Corp has appointed Zhong Fuliang, vice president of its trading arm Unipec, as the new managing director of the unit, according to a company representative. Zhong, 54, replaces Chen Gang, who is set to hand over the managing director’s position in January after reaching […]
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (Dec 30) he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine falters. But an official Chinese readout of a video […]
SEOUL : Samsung Electronics plans to increase chip production capacity at its largest semiconductor plant next year, despite forecasts of an economic slowdown, a South Korean newspaper reported late on Sunday. The move contrasts with the scaling back of investment by rival chipmakers amid falling demand and a glut of […]
BEIJING: Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday (Dec 26), with China’s two biggest cities moving closer to living with COVID-19, as millions have been infected with the virus across the country. After years of ruthless anti-coronavirus curbs, President Xi Jinping scrapped the country’s zero-COVID policy […]
TOKYO : Toyota Motor Corp reported on Monday a 1.5 per cent rise in November global vehicle output, reaching a new record of 833,104. Domestic production slid 3.3 per cent to 266,174 vehicles, while overseas output rose 3.8 per cent to an all-time high of 566,930 for the month. Global […]
SINGAPORE : In a year when Indian equities emerged as the best performers in Asia and the country took advantage of a structural shift in supply chains from a pandemic-hit China, forecasts of robust economic growth are set to keep stocks on a firm footing. India’s Nifty 50 index struck […]