Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers
Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from…
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Euratex-AMITH ties to boost Euro- Moroccan textile collaboration
Signed during the 21st edition of Maroc in Mode (MIM 2024) in Casablanca, this agreement focuses on key shared objectives, including industry practices with European sustainability and…
Mauritius prime minister accepts 'huge defeat' in election
The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered a "huge defeat" following Sunday's parliamentary election. "The population has decided to…
Lendlease Global Reit posts 89.5% committed occupancy portfolio for Q1 FY2025
LENDLEASE Global Commercial Reit (Lendlease Global Reit) on Monday (Nov 11) posted a committed portfolio occupancy of 89.5 per cent for the first quarter ended Sep 30, up from 89.1 per…
Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries: sources
AMAZON is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around and within buildings, as it tries to smooth the final stretch of an order’s journey to a customer’s…
Food Empire’s Q3 revenue up 11.4% on strong showing across Asia markets
MAINBOARD-LISTED Food Empire on Monday (Nov 11) posted an 11.4 per cent rise in revenue to US$118.9 million for its third quarter ended Sep 30, from US$106.7 million a year ago. This was…
DBS CEO Piyush Gupta sells S$12.6 million worth of shares as DBS hits all-time high
DBS’ shares have shot past the S$40 mark in a rally; other major banks’ shares have also rallied amid bright Q3 earnings results OUTGOING DBS chief executive officer Piyush Gupta sold lots…
Singapore stocks rise despite tepid regional sentiment; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 354 to 229 with 1.9 billion securities worth S$1.5 billion changing hands SINGAPORE stocks ended in the black on Monday (Nov 11) even as…
Australia’s HMC Capital to list data centre trust worth A$4 billion
AUSTRALIA’S HMC Capital will press ahead with the initial public offering of its data centres business that would be worth A$4 billion (S$3.5 billion), according to its regulatory filings…
Soft as skin, strong as steel: Powerful magnetic muscles lift 1000x their weight
Researchers have engineered a material that is as soft as skin but remarkably strong. Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) team in South Korea has developed an…
SoftBank expected to book 287 billion yen profit on IPOs
JAPANESE technology investor SoftBank Group is expected to report a 287 billion yen (S$2.5 billion) quarterly profit on Tuesday (Nov 12), boosted by successful portfolio company listings…
Remembering Armistice Day: Starmer joins Macron to celebrate Franco-British friendship in Paris
From left: Britain's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, former Prime Minister Liz Truss, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch, former Prime Minister…
White truffles, Italy's gold, menaced by climate change
Deep in a thick forest in Italy's northwestern Piedmont region, the hunt is on for the white Alba truffle, with excited dogs zigzagging and digging into the wet earth. But the culinary…
German Carnival season begins, with police enforcing knife ban
Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western city of Cologne, one of the main locations for Carnival fun. The…
Government to study engaging telcos other than Singtel to provide emergency hotline services
THE government will consider engaging telcos’ services in addition to those of Singtel, which is the current service provider for emergency hotlines such as the Singapore Civil Defence…
Singapore proposes anti-scam law to let police order restrictions on bank transfers
SINGAPORE’S police will be able to issue restriction orders limiting banking transactions by individuals who are at risk of falling victim to scams, if a new Bill is passed. The Protection…
ADB increases climate finance after US, Japan give world’s first sovereign guarantees
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its climate-related lending by up to US$7.2 billion after the United States and Japan agreed to underwrite risk for some existing loans, an…
China's 'Singles Day' shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags
China's largest online shopping bonanza wraps up on Monday, with analysts and investors watching for signs that consumption is rebounding in the world's second-largest economy after recent…
'Dying of thirst' as climate-driven floods mix with oil
Herders scooping murky water from a small pond in grasslands in South Sudan are well aware of the dangers they face if they drink it. "The water is dirty because this place has oil - it…
APEC hotel openings and pipelines hit new highs in 2024
The hotel development sector across the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, has experienced remarkable growth through the third quarter of 2024. According to the latest Hotel…
Posts share fabricated report about China pulling investment from Malaysia
After Chinese national flags were raised at a festival in Malaysia, prompting a backlash from Malay nationalists, an image of a doctored news article circulated online that falsely claimed…
Gold subdued as investors await US data, comments from Fed officials
GOLD prices were little changed in early Asia hours on Monday (Nov 11), as market participants awaited comments from Federal Reserve officials and economic data to gauge the US interest…
Rafael dissolves into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after hitting Cuba as a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane last week. Rafael weakened into a tropical storm…
Stocks to watch: Singapore Airlines, Sembcorp Industries, Seatrium, Venture Corp
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Nov 11): Singapore Airlines (SIA): The national carrier on Friday posted a 59 per cent…