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Britain's new business minister Alok Sharma was urged on Friday to come forward as soon as possible with a draft law to create a more powerful accounting watchdog.

Kraft Heinz Co's debt rating was cut to "junk" by global credit ratings agency Fitch on Friday, a day after the ketchup and sausage maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales and wrote down the value of some businesses.

SEOUL: Wearing virtual reality goggles, Jang Ji-sung burst into tears as her 7-year-old daughter, Na-yeon, emerged from behind piles of wood in a neighbourhood park, her playground until she died from blood-related diseases three years ago. "Mom, where have you been? Have you been thinking of me?" ...

SINGAPORE: The ongoing COVID-19 situation will have a significant impact on Singapore's economy for the next couple of quarters, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (Feb 14).  The current outbreak is "very intense", he said.  He noted the economies of the region are much more ...

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has rejected about 400 applications to re-enter Singapore from work pass holders with travel history to China each day since a new rule aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 started, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Friday (Feb 14). From the ...

A consortium led by U.S. entertainment giant MGM Resorts International has been named as the lead bidder for an integrated casino complex in Osaka, the local government said on Friday.

Shares of Nvidia Corp rose 6per cent on Friday after the chipmaker stunned analysts with strong quarterly results and joined rivals Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc in predicting strong demand for chips used in the latest generation of data centers and AI.

Hong Kong announced a slew of cash subsidies on Friday to help businesses that have been battered by the coronavirus outbreak in a city already reeling from a recession.

The United States is looking to develop a partnership with the telecoms industry to provide alternatives to China's Huawei Technologies, a senior White House official said on Friday.

France's Total is considering stopping sales of fuel oil to power markets as the energy giant seeks to reduce its carbon footprint and grow its renewable power business, its chief executive told Reuters.