BANGKOK: Thailand will go ahead with a plan next month to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors starting with its most popular resort island Phuket, as it tries to revive tourism while battling its biggest coronavirus outbreak so far. The plan was approved by the government's economic task ...
SHANGHAI: China's financial hub Shanghai will hold a lottery over the weekend giving residents the chance to win electronic "red packets" worth nearly 20 million yuan (US$3 million) combined, as the country accelerates its testing of the digital yuan. Shanghai's announcement that it will ...
BRUSSELS: The EU and the UK launched parallel competition probes on Friday (Jun 4) against Facebook, accused of using data from advertisers to unfairly dominate the online classifieds market. The US social media behemoth sells classified advertising on its Marketplace service, but also gathers ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian oil and gas exploration and production company Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd has acquired Spanish energy major Repsol Exploración, S.A.'s upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam for a cash consideration of US$212.5 million, it said in a stock exchange filing on Friday. The ...
