BEIJING: The crew of the US-owned Horizon Spirit expect to spend Christmas looking after their 240m long container ship in a southern Chinese shipyard, barred, like thousands of sailors worldwide, from going ashore due to COVID-19 restrictions. Most of the 22-member crew that left Los Angeles on ...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s manufacturing output rose in 17.9 per cent year-on-year in November, boosted by biomedical manufacturing and electronics. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output increased 14 per cent, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Thursday (Dec 24). The rebound in ...
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG :China has launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group and will summon the tech giant's Ant Group affiliate to meet in coming days, regulators said on Thursday, in the latest blow for Jack Ma's e-commerce and fintech empire.
WASHINGTON: A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday joined Facebook's lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO, alleging that the company "prioritizes profit to the detriment of human rights." The organizations - including internet rights group Access Now, London-based Amnesty ...
WASHINGTON: The US cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday (Dec 23) that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is "impacting" state and local governments. The hacking campaign, which used US tech company SolarWinds as a springboard to penetrate federal government ...
Oil extended gains on Thursday as a drawdown in U.S. stockpiles of crude and gasoline lifted demand hopes, while investors also cheered a potential Brexit trade deal.
China has launched an investigation into Alibaba Group for suspected monopolistic behaviour, regulators said on Thursday.
China's Ant Group on Thursday said it has received a meeting notice from regulators, and will strictly comply with all regulatory requirements.
Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70-year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two.
Americans on Wednesday faced the prospect of a government shutdown during a pandemic as outgoing President Donald Trump, angry at his fellow Republicans in Congress, threatened not to sign a US$2.3 trillion government funding and coronavirus aid package.
