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Local shares end week in the red as investor optimism fizzles out; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE stocks ended the week lower, as macroeconomic data from both the United States and China caused investors to tread cautiously amid risks of a delay in interest-rate cuts...
Hong Kong attracts 24 applicants for crypto exchange permits
TWENTY-FOUR companies applied for licences to operate digital-asset exchanges in Hong Kong, including larger players like Bybit, OKX and Crypto.com, as the city tries to develop a regulated hub...
Singapore partners ExxonMobil-Shell consortium to study cross-border carbon capture and storage
THE Singapore government is partnering a consortium formed by ExxonMobil and Shell to study the feasibility of a cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, with the aim of...
Facebook owner Meta angers Australia with plan to stop paying for news content
META Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with...
Indonesia expects 17.5% drop in January to April rice output
INDONESIA’S rice output in the harvest period from January to April is expected to drop 17.52 per cent from last year, hit by dry weather that brought a decline...
Thailand aims for 150 million passengers a year at main airport
THAILAND plans to more than double the annual capacity at its main Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to 150 million passengers, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday (Mar 1)....
India’s Paytm discontinues inter-company agreements with its payments bank
INDIA’S Paytm and its payments bank unit have mutually agreed to discontinue various inter-company agreements in the process to reduce dependencies, the embattled payments firm said on Friday (Mar...
US sees China’s space threat growing at ‘breathtaking pace’
CHINA is growing its military capabilities in space at a “breathtaking pace” to counter the American satellites in orbit and improve its ability to monitor and target forces on...
