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In 43 years of farming, Morey Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but not until last year had he endured it all in one season.

SINGAPORE: Disney will be shutting down most of its television channels in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong as part of the company's effort to further grow its streaming services.  In response to CNA's queries, The Walt Disney Company said on Tuesday (Apr 27) it is "consolidating its Media Networks ......

Japanese financial group Nomura Holdings on Tuesday confirmed losses of $2.3 billion for fiscal 2020-2021 linked to the sudden liquidation of holdings by US hedge fund Archegos.

LONDON: Offices in London's City finance district left empty by the pandemic will be transformed into at least 1,500 new homes by the end of the decade, the City of London Corporation said Tuesday (Apr 27). The governing body which runs The Square Mile unveiled plans to work with...

BEIJING: A tanker carrying around 1 million barrels of bitumen mix was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, spilling oil into the Yellow Sea, Chinese maritime officials and tanker representatives said on Tuesday (Apr 27). The collision involving the anchored Liberia ...

BEIJING: A Chinese space mining start-up launched into low Earth orbit on Tuesday (Apr 27) a robot prototype that can scoop up debris left behind by other spacecraft with a big net. The NEO-01, which will also peer into deep space to observe small celestial bodies, was launched on...

SINGAPORE: Hotels and attractions in Singapore are looking forward to welcoming foreign guests following the relaunch of a long-awaited air travel bubble with Hong Kong, which they described as a “positive step forward” for the battered tourism industry. But the impact will likely be a “more ...

THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is paying attention to new ways that dirty money is channelling into the financial system - singling out the new breed of fund companies known as variable capital companies (VCCs), and virtual assets or digital payment tokens.

THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Tuesday that it is partnering the private sector to strengthen the Republic's value proposition as one of the world's leading asset management and fund domiciliation hub.

SINGAPORE: Rubel, a migrant worker who has worked in Singapore for 10 years, has travelled both by lorry and by bus while working in Singapore. While he now lives at his worksite, he recalls how sitting at the back of a lorry can be "a nightmare". It was cramped...