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Shares of Twitter were down more than 2per cent in after-hours trading, moving lower after the company said it was permanently suspending U.S. President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.

WASHINGTON: Twitter said on Friday (Jan 8) it has "permanently suspended" President Donald Trump's account, citing the "risk of further incitement of violence" following the assault on the US Capitol by his supporters. "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the ...

Wherever the price goes from here, the fortunes of the leading cryptocurrency are clearly going to be one of the world’s biggest financial stories in the year ahead, says an observer.

The final employment scorecard delivered during President Donald Trump's administration on Friday handed the Republican a mantle no politician would envy: He will be the only modern president to leave office with fewer U.S. jobs than when his term began.

The march towards greater electrification of Singapore’s transport has gathered speed with big plans in the pipeline, argues Sanjay Kuttan.

Facebook’s decision to deplatform the president “indefinitely” appears altruistic but the company’s track record suggests another explanation, NTU's Mark Cenite argues.

The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust case against Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday he had directed his financial advisers to immediately sell mutual funds he owns that hold Google stock.

The S&P 500 retreated slightly from a record high on Friday following a report that Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin opposed bigger direct checks, throwing cold water on possible further stimulus payments.

The U.S. economy shed jobs for the first time in eight months in December as the country buckled under an onslaught of COVID-19 infections, suggesting a significant loss of momentum that could temporarily disrupt the recovery from the pandemic.

Germany's Deutsche Bank is expected to agree to pay more than US$100 million to settle charges related to allegedly violating anti-bribery laws as it tried to win business in places like China, The New York Times reported on Friday.