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Chris Anderson, the head of TED, has issued a strong public letter to Elon Musk, addressing concerns about the billionaire's use of X, the platform Musk owns and heavily influences. Shared…
President-elect Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric toward Canada, taunting America's northern neighbor by sharing maps on social media that falsely suggest that the country already…
INVESTORS yanked a net US$333 million from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) on Thursday (Jan 2), the most withdrawn from the record-breaking fund since its launch. The fund…
Jade Cargill has been missing in action from WWE since November, but she has now broken her silence. To the bewilderment of fans (and further stoking the rumors), she wordlessly posted a…
Snake breeders in Thailand say fruits and vegetables are not part of the reptiles' natural diet, contradicting social media posts that warned that snakes occasionally bite into tomatoes,…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday the appointment of two loyal supporters to significant roles, naming Richard Grenell as presidential envoy for special missions and former…
Russian media reported that ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow following his government's collapse as rebel forces descended on the capital. However, social media posts…
CORDLIFE remained in the red for the third quarter ended September 2024, after having fallen into a net loss position for the first half of the fiscal year. On Thursday (Nov 15), the…
PALM oil producer Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) posted an 18 per cent lower underlying profit of US$91 million for the third quarter of the 2024 financial year, from US$110 million in the…
BRITISH insurer Aviva posted a 15 per cent rise in general insurance gross written premiums for the first nine months of the year to £9.1 billion (S$15.5 billion) on Thursday (Nov 14) and…
After Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto announced his pick for finance minister, a manipulated video of the official purportedly announcing a cash gift surfaced on social media.…
The company beat estimates from a Bloomberg poll of 13 analysts, which projected a net profit of US$128.6 million GAMING and e-commerce player Sea reported a US$153.3 million net profit…
INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED engineering and technology group Boustead Singapore posted a 34 per cent rise in net profit to S$36 million for its first half of FY2025 ended Sep 30, 2024. The…
FRASERS Hospitality Trust (FHT) recorded distribution per stapled security (DPS) of S$0.011682 for the second half of its financial year ended Sep 30, down 0.8 per cent from S$0.011777 for…
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…
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…
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Friday accused the Israeli military of "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)…
INDIA’S Tata Motors reported a surprise drop in second-quarter profit and its first revenue decline in 10 quarters on Friday (Nov 8), hurt by weakness in both its luxury vehicles unit…
UOB’s net profit for the third quarter ended September 2024 rose 16 per cent year on year to S$1.61 billion, from S$1.38 billion the year before. Its results released Friday (Nov 8) beat…
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, posted on Wednesday (Nov 6) strong third-quarter earnings despite…
Healthcare at public hospitals and clinics in Malaysia is heavily subsidised by the government but it is not free. However, social media posts have surfaced alongside a misleading claim…
THE manager of Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (FLCT) on Wednesday (Nov 6) reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0332 for the second half ended September, down 5.7 per cent…
This is driven by contributions from its insurance business and favourable investment performance from shareholders’ funds GREAT Eastern posted a 52 per cent year-on-year increase in net…
Screenshot showing the misleading X post, taken October 29, 2024 The post features three images: one of Putin holding what appears to be a banknote and another two showing the front and…
