Taiwan imposes technology export controls on Huawei, SMIC
Taiwan has blacklisted Huawei Technologies and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), dealing another major blow to the two companies spearheading China’s efforts to…
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Oil market, long numb to war risk, confronts weekend of worry
The past two years of escalating tensions in the Middle East have taught oil traders to be sanguine about the risk of disruption to oil supplies. The barrage of headlines has revived…
US dollar’s tepid rebound reinforces questions around haven role
The US dollar’s muted rally against major peers after Israel’s strikes on Iran reinforced the impression that the greenback’s role as a global haven currency is fading. A Bloomberg gauge…
Who Is Jenny Boelter? Wife of Suspected Minnesota Assassin Vance Boelter Detained after Traffic Stop as Cops Find Multiple Passports, Weapon in Car
The wife of alleged political assassin Vance Boelter was detained and is currently being interrogated after police found a weapon, ammunition, cash, and passports in her car during a…
Iran Fires Fresh Round of Missiles and Kills Eight Israeli Civilians as Israel Pounds Tehran With Bombs Escalating Tensions
Israel and Iran exchanged another wave of deadly attacks on late Saturday, resulting in overnight strikes that killed at least eight civilians in Israel and targeted the Iranian Ministry…
The low-cost carriers that have taken to Singapore skies
News of the impending shutdown of Jetstar Asia, with the loss of more than 500 jobs, has sent shockwaves through the aviation sector. Comments on social media site Reddit lamented the…
DBS, OCBC, UOB lead weekly buyback consideration tally
Over the five trading sessions from Jun 6 to 12, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks with net institutional outflow of S$80 million, following the S$32 million net outflow…
Vance Luther Boelter: Minnesota Mad Who Killed Lawmaker and Shot Another Runs Security Company and Ties to Africa and Middle East
The Minnesota man wanted in connection with the Saturday morning killing of a state legislator and the shooting of another runs a security agency and reportedly has links to the Middle…
Debt to decarbonisation: challenges for Nippon Steel
Nippon Steel on Saturday (Jun 14) touted a “historic partnership” with US Steel after US President Donald Trump approved a multi-billion-dollar merger. But the Japanese giant faces…
Musk pins Tesla's comeback on robotaxis after retreat from feud
TESLA already had a lot riding on its highly anticipated robotaxi launch long before Elon Musk decided to swing a wrecking ball through his alliance with US President Donald Trump – and…
Blackstone said to be in talks to buy embattled Allegiant resort
KSTONE is in talks to purchase Allegiant Travel’s Sunseeker resort, moving the parent of Allegiant Airlines closer to shedding the beleaguered retreat that had been a drag on…
Vance Luther Boelter: Madman Who Killed Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman and Husband and Shot John Hoffman Has 'No Kings' Flyers in Car
The Minnesota State Patrol has asked the public to avoid attending the planned "No Kings" protests across the state, after the deadly attack that claimed the lives of a Minnesota state…
Who Is Vance Luther Boelter? Madman Who Killed Lawmaker Melissa Hortman and Husband and Shot John Hoffman Is Former Appointee of Tim Walz
A former appointee of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is wanted in connection with the killing of a state legislator and the shooting of another, law enforcement sources said. Vance Luther…
Who is Alexender Wang? 28-year-Old, 'Scale AI' CEO Chosen to Lead Meta's $14.3B 'Superintelligence' Bet
In a major move, technology giant Meta has not only acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI by investing $14.3 billion but has also recruited its 28-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, to lead Meta's…
Who Is Bhoomi Chauhan? British-Indian Student Missed Ill-fated Air India Flight by 10 Minutes After Getting Stuck in City Traffic
A British woman narrowly missed boarding the ill-fated Air India flight after getting stuck in traffic on her way to the airport, missing the plane by just 10 minutes, in what she…
Who Was Melissa Hortman? Minnesota Democratic Lawmaker and Her Husband Killed While Sen. John Hoffman Is Shot by Madman Posing as Cop
A Minnesota state legislator was shot dead and another was seriously wounded early Saturday in what police suspect were deliberate attacks at the homes of the Democratic state officials,…
Israel Dismisses Iranian Claim of Downing F-35 Jets as 'Fake News'
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) strongly rejected Iranian media claims on Saturday that two Israeli F-35 fighter jets were shot down by Iran's air defence systems, labelling the reports as…
Israel Says It Killed Nine Top Iranian Nuclear Scientists in Opening Strike
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it had eliminated nine senior Iranian nuclear scientists in the opening phase of a major military offensive targeting Iran's…
Iranian Missile Strikes IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv Causing 'Significant Damage' as Israel Gears up for Another Round of Attacks
Israel's main military command center was struck after Iran's Islamic Republic launched a barrage of missiles at central Tel Aviv late Friday night, resulting in "significant damage" to…
Wall Street Slips as Iran-Israel Conflict Sparks Oil Rally and Market Jitters
Investor enthusiasm for stocks waned on Friday as geopolitical tensions resurfaced, driving all three major U.S. indexes into the red. Iran's missile attack on Israel, in response to…
Boeing resumes China deliveries with 787-9 jet to Juneyao Airlines, Yicai reported
[BEIJING/HONG KONG] Boeing delivered a new 787-9 aircraft to China’s Juneyao Airlines on Saturday (Jun 14), Chinese media outlet Yicai reported, as trade tensions between Beijing…
Trump said Nippon-US Steel deal has resolvable national security risk
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Friday (Jun 13) that concerns over national security risks posed by Nippon Steel’s US$14.9 billion bid for US Steel can be resolved if the companies…
Anxious families await dental identification of Air India crash victims
Dozens of anxious family members sat outside an Indian hospital on Friday (Jun 13) waiting to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Air India plane crash, as doctors worked to gather…
Meta's US$14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships
Facebook owner Meta’s US$14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup’s chief executive offiecer will test how the Trump administration views so-called…