JAKARTA: Indonesia's state oil firm Pertamina said on Sunday it had extinguished a fire at its refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, and supplies were not impacted. The fire broke out on Friday near the bundwall area and benzene containers. Television footage showed a large blaze and smoke rising ......
After flying into the financial turbulence of the Covid pandemic, the airline sector expects passenger traffic to take off despite concerns about the industry's impact on climate change.
JAKARTA: Indonesia aims to extend a luxury tax break on the sale of sedans and two-wheel drive cars with engine power of less than 1,500 cc to August to support its pandemic-hit automotive industry, the industry ministry said on Sunday. The tax was fully removed in March and was...
Toshiba Corp's second-biggest shareholder on Sunday demanded the board chairman and three other directors resign immediately after an investigation found the company had colluded with the Japanese government to pressure foreign investors.
TOKYO: Toshiba Corp's second-biggest shareholder on Sunday demanded the board chairman and three other directors resign immediately after an investigation found the company had colluded with the Japanese government to pressure foreign investors. The letter, sent to the four on Sunday according ...
Delays and stop-work orders because of COVID-19 shows this is the right time to re-think the way we do business, says labour economist, Kelvin Seah.
Designing less energy-intensive websites and powering them with renewable energy are all viable ways of making the web more sustainable, says an electrical engineer.
FRANKFURT: Amazon will guarantee an entry-level wage at its German warehouses of 12 euros (US$15) an hour, the company said on Friday (Jun 11) in the face of a long-running battle with a top labour union. Germany is Amazon's biggest market after the United States, and the Verdi union...
COPENHAGEN: Denmark star Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in Saturday's (Jun 12) Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen, causing the suspension of the match in the first half. Television pictures showed Danish players in tears as medical stuff tried to revive the Inter Milan player ...
NEW DELHI: Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver. Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels. In March 2020, a...
