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Oil prices rose on Wednesday, with U.S. crude gaining for a seventh day, after an industry report showed a further drop in inventories and investors shrugged off worsening developments in the pandemic.

SINGAPORE is taking big steps to modernise the cross-border payments scene through a string of recent partnerships, in a bid to ease longstanding payment pains.

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to a Vancouver court on Tuesday as her lawyers argued Canada abused its immigration processes to gather evidence against her, a claim the government says is without an "air of reality."

NEW YORK: The Nasdaq powered to its second straight daily record on Tuesday (Jun 9) but elsewhere on Wall Street stocks retreated, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closing lower. The tech-rich Nasdaq reached its latest all-time high of 9,953.75 at the closing bell, a gain of...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's main stock benchmark surged more than 3 per cent on Wednesday (Sep 4) afternoon after media reported the government would formally withdraw the proposed extradition Bill. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam will officially withdraw the proposed extradition Bill later on ...