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REUTERS: Marriott International said on Tuesday Chief Executive Officer Arne Sorenson, who was undergoing cancer treatment, has unexpectedly died. (Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

A miniature rover being developed to explore the Moon's surface is on track to join the search for water there, its Hungarian inventors believe - using a device that weighs less than a bag of sugar.

Bitcoin rose above US$50,000 on Tuesday (Feb 16) to a new record high, building on rally fuelled by signs that the world's biggest cryptocurrency is gaining acceptance amongst mainstream investors.

A plan by Mexican lawmakers to put millions of cell phone users' data in a biometric registry, billed as a tool to fight kidnapping and extortion, has sparked a backlash from telecoms companies and rights groups who warn it could lead to stolen data and higher costs.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc is launching a digital wealth-management platform that allocates and rebalances customers' wealth across portfolios of stocks and bonds.

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Tuesday to press his case for a US$1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in the political battleground state that helped secure his victory in last year's presidential election.

Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES).

SINGAPORE: After an unprecedented year in which Singapore experienced its worst recession since independence, the global battle against COVID-19 remains far from over. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (Feb 16) announced that Budget 2021 will shift “from containment to restructuring” ...

SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (Feb 16) laid out Singapore’s path of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in a Budget that will again draw on the nation’s past reserves. Mr Heng said that as Singapore’s economy reopens, the focus of Budget 2021 will shift “from...

THE Singapore government plans to issue new bonds under a proposed Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act (SINGA).