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US government returns US$156 million worth of 1MDB funds to Malaysia
THE US Justice Department (DOJ) said that it has returned an additional US$156 million in misappropriated 1MDB funds to Malaysia, a month after the South-east Asian nation sought extra compensation from...
Singapore shares slip at Friday’s open; STI down 0.2%
SINGAPORE equities began trading in negative territory on Friday (Jun 14), mirroring overnight losses in Europe.
As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.2 per cent...
Why X is hiding which posts you ‘like’ from other users
USERS of Elon Musk’s X can no longer see which social media posts their fellow X users “like.” X’s engineering team said the change is meant to protect user...
Uniqlo’s high-tech checkout charts path to 10 trillion yen in sales
FAST Retailing, Asia’s biggest apparel business and parent company of Uniqlo, is betting on barcode-less checkouts, vast data collection and other technologies to reach its target of 10 trillion...
Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
MEMBERS of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a “cascade of avoidable errors” that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials.Microsoft President...
Hunter Biden Slept With Members of ‘Amoeba’ Group and Brother’s Widow Hallie and Kept Drug Gear at Joe Biden’s Virginia Home, Lunden Roberts Says
Hunter Biden was so addicted to crack cocaine a few years ago that he brought both his girlfriend and his brother's widow — both of whom he was sleeping...
Shocking! American Tourist Electrocuted in Mexican Resort Hot Tub, Wife in Critical Condition
An American tourist died, and his wife was critically injured while using a hot tub at a private Mexican resort on Tuesday. Authorities suspect they were electrocuted due to...
Japan’s Kirin to buy remaining stake of skin care company Fancl for 210 billion yen: Nikkei
KIRIN Holdings will launch a tender offer of about 210 billion yen (S$1.8 billion) to buy remaining shares of skin care products maker Fancl it does not already own,...
