Singapore shares open higher on Friday; STI up 0.1%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Friday (Oct 18), mirroring overnight gains in the Europe market. As at 9.01 am, the Straits Times Index (STI) was 0.1 per cent or…
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Liam Payne dies at 31: What he shared about struggle with addiction and mental health
Liam Payne, a singer who rose to fame as a member of the band One Direction, died on Oct. 16 at age 31 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to his death, Payne had struggled with addiction,…
Japan’s Inflation Slows for First Time Since April Ahead of BOJ
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s key inflation gauge slowed in September for the first time in five months, ahead of a central bank meeting later this month where the board is widely expected to…
Keppel DC Reit Q3 DPU up 0.4% at S$0.02501
KEPPEL DC Reit posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.02501 for the third quarter ended Sep 30, up 0.4 per cent from S$0.02492 in the previous corresponding period. Distributable…
Sam Altman’s rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto project
WORLDCOIN, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on Thursday (Oct 17) it was rebranding to World Network and was ramping up efforts to scan every human’s iris…
Blackstone tops profit estimate as its assets hit record, dealmaking picks up
BLACKSTONE beat Wall Street’s expectations on its key quarterly earnings metric on Thursday (Oct 17), as the world’s largest alternative investment firm’s assets under management (AUM) hit…
Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica misses sales expectations as China slows
FRANCO-ITALIAN eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica, opens new tab missed third-quarter revenue expectations on Thursday (Oct 17), dented by a slowdown in consumer spending in China. Group…
Oil prices edge higher on US crude stockpiles draw
OIL prices inched up on Thursday (Oct 17), bouncing back from two-week lows, after data showed falling crude and fuel inventories in the United States. Brent crude futures settled at…
Efforts to combat deforestation in Colombia lag because of armed groups, report finds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Armed groups operating in Colombia's Amazon are tightening their grip on the region and that's stalling government efforts to tackle deforestation, according to a…
Liam Payne's GF Kate Cassidy Shares Glimpse into His Final Weeks
Originally appeared on E! Online Kate Cassidy was by Liam Payne’s side in the time leading up to his sudden death. In the weeks before the One Direction alum’s death after falling from a…
How Israel found and killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Israeli troops had for more than a year hunted the leader of Hamas, who disappeared in Gaza soon after masterminding the 7 October attacks. Yahya Sinwar, 61, was said to have spent much of…
Germany's Scholz: Al-Sinwar responsible for the worst crimes
Following the killing of the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pointed out that the extremist had…
Ukraine calls for international support in demining effort
Ukraine is doing everything it can to clear its territory of landmines and other explosive remnants of war but needs the support of its partners, Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko…
South Asian women suffer from 'marriage penalty' at work: study
[Source] A phenomenon known as “marriage penalty” hinder’s women’s employment in South Asia, a new World Bank study shows. The trend persists even without factoring in child-rearing, while…
Liam Payne May Have Been Unconscious When He Fell to His Death from Third Floor Hotel Balcony after Drug-Fueled Episode, Autopsy Reveals
A newly released autopsy report for former One Direction singer Liam Payne suggests he may have been unconscious when he tragically fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires-- that two…
'Release Hostages or Face Elimination': Netanyahu Warns Hamas After Sinwar's Death, U.S. Speaker Backs Israeli Action
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday praised the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and stressed the importance of freeing the hostages held by the militant group. In a…
Israel declares Hamas leader Yehya al-Sinwar dead
Israel has declared Yehya al-Sinwar, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, dead. Al-Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Stip, Israeli…
Severe weather with heavy flooding in southern France
Heavy rainfall in parts of France caused flooding, evacuations and closed motorways and railway lines on Thursday. The weather service Météo France issued the highest red warning level for…
Ex-ANC spokesperson charged with fraud
Seven suspects - including local government officials and a former African Nation Congress (ANC) spokesperson - have been charged with fraud in a South African court. The defendants…
Nine Tons of Illicit Pangolin Scales Recovered in Nigeria
On a single day in August, Nigerian officials recovered more than 9 tons of illicit pangolin scales. The stockpile would be worth an estimated $1.7 million in East Asia, where pangolin…
Kenya senate adjourns impeachment hearing for deputy president after he falls sick
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The senate in Kenya briefly adjourned an impeachment hearing for the deputy president Thursday after he was hospitalized over an illness, according to his lawyers.…
FLCT to acquire Tuas logistics facility for S$140.3 million
Trust’s portfolio of logistics and industrial assets will increase from 70.9% to 71.5% after the acquisition is completed FRASERS Logistics & Commercial Trust (FLCT) is set to acquire a…
UniCredit in court limbo over ECB’s Russia demands: sources
UNICREDIT is still awaiting a court decision over whether it must immediately reduce its Russia business to comply with an order by the European Central Bank (ECB), months after filing an…
Report finds human trafficking occurs 'every day' in Germany
Victims of human trafficking often have problems asserting their rights in Germany, according to a report published in Berlin on Thursday. The study, by the German Institute for Human…