LONDON: Britain's economy grew for a third month in a row as the country tried to recover from its coronavirus lockdown crash, official data showed on Friday (Sep 11). Output expanded by 6.6 per cent in July from June, helped by the further lifting of restrictions in sectors such...
TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Friday that it was delaying the maiden flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle rocket, citing a technical problem identified with the new first-stage engine now under development. JAXA said in a statement it would delay the first test flight ......
SHANGHAI: The latest additions to China's list of banned technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations, legal experts said. The new list of technologies banned from export announced ...
BEIJING: ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday (Sep 11). The company's plans about setting up a new data...
SYDNEY: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Friday (Sep 11) it would not apply for further government employment subsidies for its main business units, freeing up its ability to make major job cuts at Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon. It has, however, applied for the support for budget...
SHANGHAI: The latest additions to China's list of banned technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations, legal experts said. The new list of technologies banned from export announced ...
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Japan will launch a "reciprocal green lane" to facilitate essential business and official travel between the two countries on Sep 18, their foreign ministers said on Friday (Sep 11) in a joint press statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). "The business ...
Japan's new prime minister should focus on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, digitalizing the economy and creating employment, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
JAKARTA: A key Indonesian parliamentary committee on Friday (Sep 11) reached an agreement with the government to expand the 2021 budget deficit to 5.7 per cent of gross domestic product, from 5.5 per cent initially proposed by President Joko Widodo, the committee chairman said. The 2021 economic ...
NASA on Thursday launched an effort to pay companies to mine resources on the moon, announcing it would buy from them rocks, dirt and other lunar materials as the U.S. space agency seeks to spur private extraction of coveted off-world resources for its use.
