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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Dec 1) he will veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless the Bill includes a measure eliminating a federal law protecting Internet companies, known as Section 230. "If the very dangerous & unfair Section 230 is not completely ...

ConocoPhillips, the largest U.S. independent oil producer, said on Tuesday that it would lay off up to 500 Houston employees, about a fifth of its headquarters workforce, to match staffing with expected activity levels.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless federal protections for internet companies, known as Section 230, are eliminated as part of the bill.

DBS has approved close to 10,000 loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore since the start of March this year.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has a set of guidelines to assess the safety of "novel foods" such as plant-based proteins and cultured or lab-grown meat, amid growing demand for meat substitutes. Under the regulatory framework, which has been in place since November 2019, food ...

SINGAPORE: Consumers in Singapore can soon get a taste of lab-grown or cultured chicken after food technology start-up Eat Just received the go-ahead to sell the product here. Announcing this on Wednesday (Dec 2), Eat Just said its cultured chicken has been given “first-in-the-world regulatory ...

SAN FRANCISCO: American Airlines Group and United Airlines said on Tuesday (Dec 1) they halted non-stop flights to Shanghai from the United States and included Seoul on the route. "We started operating passenger service from DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) to PVG (Shanghai Pudong) on Nov 11 through Seoul ...

Boeing Co said on Wednesday it had completed tests with five surrogate jets operating autonomously in a team in Australia, where it is developing an unmanned fighter-like jet designed to cooperate with manned aircraft.

The pace of U.S. auto sales slowed in November, data from analytics firm Wards Intelligence showed on Tuesday, amid a spurt in coronavirus infections.

Asian markets were set to climb on Wednesday after Wall Street indexes closed at record highs as investors grow increasingly hopeful about a vaccine to combat rising COVID-19 cases and an economic recovery.