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2024-10-22LONDON: Hong Kong now ranks as the third best financial centre in the world, according to the 2024 edition of the Global Financial Centres Index. The city has regained the title of Asia’s top financial hub from Singapore. This ranking defies scepti
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2024-10-22ABU DHABI: Malaysia has finally received the “green light” from the Kuwaiti government for the acquisition of secondhand Kuwaiti F/A-18C/D Hornets for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) amid political indecision and budgetary problems surrounding
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2024-10-20SINGAPORE: The Malaysian ringgit has appreciated by close to 11 per cent against the US dollar between mid-June and end-September this year. Political leaders from the country’s ruling coalition were quick to attribute this reversal of the ringgit’s
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2024-10-18SINGAPORE: Just over a year since Singapore announced an overhaul of its decades-long approach in dividing housing estates into mature and non-mature towns, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Wednesday (Oct 16) launched the first batch of fl
KAMLOOPS, Canada: Canada-India relations have suffered a major setback after Canadian law enforcement authorities accused Indian agents of involvement in “homicides, extortion, and violent acts” on Canadian soil. In response, Canada expelled six Ind
BUSAN, South Korea: North Korea on Tuesday (Oct 15) destroyed inter-Korean roads and rail lines along the demilitarised zone between the two Koreasmanaloplay, further escalating cross-border tensions and raising concerns about the risk of conflict.
LONDON: An executive from a large technology firm has just won a Nobel. On Wednesday (Oct 9)hawkplay, the top prize for chemistry went to the head of Alphabet’s AI efforts, Demis Hassabis, along with two other key scientists, for a years-long projec
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2024-10-18PERTH: Just days after taking office, Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba already appears to be on the defensive. In his first policy speech to parliament on Oct 4, and certainly with an eye on the snap election on Oct 27, there was no explici