LONDON: Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies to a picturesque seaside village to discuss rebuilding from the pandemic and climate change. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to ......
NASA's Boeing-built deep space exploration rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), is set to fire its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, a crucial test for a years-delayed U.S. government project facing mounting pressure from emerging private sector technology.
LONDON: Britain's government said on Saturday (Jan 16) it would give financial aid to airports before the end of March, after the industry called for urgent support as tighter COVID-19 rules for international travellers start on Monday. Aviation minister Robert Courts said the government would ...
Facebook said on Saturday it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States with immediate effect until at least two days after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.
SINGAPORE: On Dec 15, a 40-year-old Shell employee admitted in court to playing a part in the largest marine fuel heist from the petroleum giant's Pulau Bukom refinery. The Indian national was among almost a dozen Shell employees charged over the scheme, and is the first to plead guilty. Also ......
As long as Biden upholds Trump’s confrontational approach, progress toward a mutually beneficial trade relationship with China will be all but impossible, say Zhang Jun and Shi Shuo.
BANGKOK: During good times, mining for Bitcoin is an around the clock job. In Nonthaburi, a province outside Bangkok, through the day and night one facility’s thousands of machines are on the hunt. An ordinary factory from the outside, inside row upon row of machinery sits quietly at work...
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and European retailer Carrefour SA have decided to work on partnership opportunities after takeover talks failed, the two companies said in a joint statement on Saturday.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group raised their U.S. growth forecast for the second time this month on expectations that President-elect Joe Biden’s fiscal stimulus plan will hasten the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and European retailer Carrefour SA, have decided to extend their discussions to examine opportunities for operational partnerships, after Couche-Tard dropped its bid to acquire Carrefour, the two companies said in a joint statement on Saturday.
