[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges on Tuesday suspended Ant Group’s IPO, which was initially scheduled for Thursday, in a surprising setback for what was on track to be the world’s largest share sale. The following are instantaneous reactions from analysts: WANG JIYUE, FORMER SENIOR INVESTMENT BANKER …
Read More »Bad Romance: Lady Gaga on Twitter fights with Trump’s campaign
[ad_1] Music superstar Lady Gaga got into an unlikely feud on Twitter on Sunday (November 1) with President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign after she was accused of being anti-fracking. Democratic challenger Joe Biden announced that Gaga would appear with him Monday night at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a state …
Read More »Biden leads Trump narrowly in Florida on election eve: Reuters / Ipsos poll
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden appeared to take a slight lead over President Donald Trump in Florida in the closing days of the 2020 U.S. election campaign, with the two candidates caught in a tie in North Carolina and Arizona, according to Reuters / Ipsos opinion polls published …
Read More »Prayers for Harris in an ancestral Indian village, for Trump in Delhi
[ad_1] CHENNAI / NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Supporters of US vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris prayed near her ancestral village in India ahead of Tuesday’s US elections as a Hindu fringe group sought divine blessings for their rival. Donald Trump. The southern region of India where Harris’s maternal grandfather was …
Read More »Philippines: Typhoon Goni displaces more than 400,000 people as Covid-19 cases surpass the 385,000 mark
[ad_1] MANILA, November 2 (dpa): At least 16 people were killed in the Philippines when this year’s strongest typhoon caused flooding and mudflows and cut power and communication lines, authorities said Monday. More than 420,000 people fled their homes in the eastern and northern provinces when Super Typhoon Goni hit …
Read More »Thailand approaches former prime ministers to lead reconciliation panel
[ad_1] BANGKOK, Nov. 3 (Bloomberg): Thailand may force a former prime minister to lead a reconciliation committee proposed by parliament to resolve key issues raised by pro-democracy protesters. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chuan Leekpai, has approached at least four former prime ministers and representatives from various political …
Read More »Biden or Trump? It is that it will be for the local bag
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Global equity markets are becoming increasingly erratic ahead of the US presidential election, where initial polls favored Democrat Joe Biden over incumbent President Donald Trump. With the elections topping the list of major events this month, investors are repositioning themselves to be less affected by any outcome, …
Read More »Don’t be too optimistic about Unity Budget, analysts say
[ad_1] The federal budget for 2021 will be presented in Dewan Rakyat on Friday. PETALING JAYA: Political analysts have said that while the so-called Unit Budget proposed by Pakatan Harapan (PH) seems to indicate cooperation between the government and the opposition, it remains to be seen how united the factions …
Read More »This is how you can enable disappearing messages on WhatsApp
[ad_1] After being on trial for so long, WhatsApp is finally implementing the Disappearing messages to more users around the world. However, it is being done quite quietly, so you may not notice its appearance within your device. AD Generally, what disappearing messages do is that you can now choose …
Read More »Muslims protest the defense of the cartoon
[ad_1] Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded French embassy in the Indonesian capital to protest the president of France and his strong support for secular laws that consider cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected speech. Waving white flags with the declaration of Islamic faith, more than 2,000 protesters, …
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