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Tourist Tries to Take Selfie with Crocodile He Thought was Fake, Gets Mauled After It Turns Out to be Real [GRAPHIC]
A tourist visiting a zoo in the Philippines was attacked by a crocodile after he climbed into the reptile's enclosure to take a selfie, believing it to be fake.The...
Investors still harbour hope of Fed’s Powell giving a rate-cut the thumbs up
THE S&P 500 plunged into a bear market in April, then staged an epic recovery, and now the US Federal Reserve will reveal which was the correct response.The central...
Sias strongly disagrees with IFA opinion on ‘exploitative’ Sinarmas Land offer; urges offeror to revise bid
[SINGAPORE] David Gerald, the president of Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, has criticised the offer for Sinarmas Land by the Widjaja family-linked Lyon Investments as “exploitative”, urging the...
Volvo Cars sales fall 11% in April as fully electric cars slump
Published Mon, May 5, 2025 · 04:01 PM[STOCKHOLM] Volvo Cars reported on Monday (May 5) an 11 per cent decrease in April sales to 58,881 cars from a year...
Singapore dollar surges against US dollar as Asia currencies rally on trade hopes
[SINGAPORE] Asian currencies rallied on Monday (May 5) on hopes of a thaw in the US-China trade war and regional tariff deals with the Trump administration. Taiwan led the charge,...
Ohio Divorce Attorney Killed Client Because He Didn’t Want Case to go to Trial
An Ohio divorce attorney has been arrested for allegedly killing a client in 2013 because he didn't want her case to go to trial.Aliza Sherman, 53, was waiting outside...
Netflix co-CEO says India investment has had US$2 billion impact
The world’s largest video streaming platform has been consolidating its position as a premium service in the US$28 billion Indian media and entertainment marketPublished Mon, May 5, 2025 ·...
Wing Tai’s Amara foray may not help its own minorities
[SINGAPORE] Minority shareholders of hotel and property group Amara Holdings who did not accept an earlier offer by Amethyst Assets, which closed in early 2024, have reason to cheer....
Vietnam launches long-awaited new trading system, moves closer to market upgrade
[HANOI] Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), on Monday (May 5), officially rolled out the most comprehensive infrastructure overhaul to date. This will serve as a foundational step...
Singapore’s AI large language model Sea-Lion to offer more features as more firms use it in S-E Asia
[SINGAPORE] Singapore’s home-grown large language model (LLM), Sea-Lion, is steadily gaining traction, with some 235,000 downloads so far, bolstered by adoption by large companies such as GoTo Group in...