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Singapore ready to make ‘bold changes’ to revive stock market
Bloomberg, Published on 16/09/2024
» Singapore is prepared to make “bold changes” to regulatory structures in an attempt to revive its languishing stock market, according to its Second Minister for Finance.
China, South Korea boast new economic exchanges to deepen collaboration in a time of geopolitical strife
South China Morning Post, Published on 16/11/2023
» China and South Korea have held a ministerial-level meeting to explore the possibility of closer economic cooperation, as analysts say the two Asian economic powerhouses have managed to rebalance economic ties.
€60bn pledged to help Ukraine rebuild
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» LONDON: Foreign donors have pledged €60 billion (US$66 billion) of new financial support for Ukraine, the United Kingdom said Thursday, as an international conference aimed at funding the war-ravaged country's reconstruction closed.
Humza Yousaf confirmed as new Scottish leader
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» EDINBURGH - Scotland's parliament on Tuesday confirmed Humza Yousaf will replace Nicola Sturgeon as first minister, the devolved nation's youngest and the first Muslim leader of a government in western Europe.
Scots parliament poised to confirm Yousaf as first minister
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» EDINBURGH - Scotland's devolved lawmakers are set to confirm Humza Yousaf as the new first minister on Tuesday, after he narrowly won the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scottish National Party (SNP) leader.
A month after IS 'caliphate' defeated, challenges aplenty
AFP, Published on 21/04/2019
» BEIRUT: Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children -- perils abound in Syria, nearly a month after the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was declared defeated.
Singapore to move facilities underground to free space
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/03/2019
» SINGAPORE: The garden city of Singapore wants to be even more green. It also wants more homes in its central business district, and plans to move facilities underground to free up living space.
China to tackle heavy metals in new rural pollution plan
Reuters, Published on 09/11/2018
» SHANGHAI: China aims to tackle heavy metal pollution, curb fertiliser use and improve water quality by 2020 under a new plan launched by the country's Ecology and Environment Ministry to tackle "grim" conditions in rural areas.
Given the right to larger families, Chinese may hold off
AFP, Published on 28/08/2018
» BEIJING: China's moves to combat an ageing population by relaxing decades-old curbs on family size have hit an unexpected snag: many parents are no longer interested in having more babies.
China may scrap limit on number of children
AFP, Published on 27/08/2018
» BEIJING: China appears poised to scrap the limit on the number of children couples can have, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would end decades of controversial family planning policies.