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NEW YORK: German airline Hahn Air, which offers scheduled and charter flights within Europe, announced on Monday it has issued the first airline tickets enabled by blockchain technology, in partnership with Winding Tree, an open-source travel distribution platform. Blockchain, which first emerged ...

REUTERS: Cosmetics maker Coty Inc said on Monday it would acquire a majority stake in reality TV star Kylie Jenner's make-up and skincare businesses for US$600 million. Coty will acquire a 51per cent ownership in the company and the deal is expected to close in the third quarter of...

Shares of HP Inc fell as much as 5per cent on Monday after the personal computer maker rejected a buyout offer from Xerox Holdings Corp , and indicated it might instead make its own offer to take over the U.S. printer maker.

LONDON: British life and general insurer Aviva Plc will keep its operations in Singapore and China, it said on Monday (Nov 18), two days ahead of an expected strategy update and following speculation of a sale of the Singapore business. Aviva began a review of its Asia business earlier...

SINGAPORE: A woman was sentenced to jail for one year and five months on Monday (Nov 18) for conspiring with a former director of a subsidiary of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to cheat the university and its entities of S$191,000. Louise Lai, 43, pleaded guilty to five charges mostly...

Volkswagen's new ID.3 electric vehicle will be 40per cent cheaper to build than the electric version of its Golf model, Chief Executive Herbert Diess told investors on Monday.

Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc on Monday said it was becoming a worldwide Olympic partner in time for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo as the games' organisers bid to cut the costs associated with hosting the event.

A Japanese space probe is heading home from an asteroid 250 million km (155 million miles) from Earth after collecting sub-surface samples that could help scientists seeking the origins of life, Japan's space agency said on Monday.

Emirates said on Monday it had placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A350 jets worth US$16 billion at list prices.

TOKYO: Japan's first-ever fully-fledged arms show opened on Monday (Nov 18), creating a forum that Japan's government hopes will help it tap technology it needs to counter threats posed by China and North Korea. Some 200 protesters gathered near the entrance of the convention centre near Tokyo ...