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SINGAPORE: When flight attendant Lin* heard the news that more than 4,000 positions were to be cut in the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, her heart sank. While she and her colleagues had been expecting the news for some time, with airlines struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it still came...

The European Commission on Friday urged the 27-country bloc to work together to speed up the rollout of fibre and 5G networks to boost the region's virus-hit economy and secure its technology autonomy.

U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next on goods made with forced labor from China's Xinjiang region, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday, with one that would restrict imports and another that would require disclosures from publicly-traded U.S. companies on their supply chains.

Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday removed the mobile app of SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Indian fintech firm Paytm from its Android store over violations of its gambling policy.

The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat.

U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks founder provided the source for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a London court was told on Friday.

Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday began fleshing out what their new tolerance for inflation will mean in practice, an issue critical to how investors and households reshape their own outlooks even if it may not be relevant to any immediate decisions by the U.S. central bank.

Glass Lewis has recommended that shareholders of Noble Energy Inc vote in favor of the energy producer's proposed US$5 billion acquisition by Chevron Corp , the proxy advisory firm said in a statement on Friday.

SINGAPORE: A total of 5,700 workers are currently unable to resume work as they have yet to undergo mandatory COVID-19 rostered routine testing as of Friday (Sep 18).  This is "a significant reduction" from the 13,000 workers last week, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Building and Construction ...

U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early September, according to a survey on Friday, which also showed the upcoming November presidential election was starting to have an impact on expectations about future economic prospects.