[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Music superstar Lady Gaga got involved in an unlikely Twitter feud 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 …
Read More »As COVID-19 accelerates automation, what does the future hold for job seekers without technology?
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Technology: It is one of the few sectors that continues to hire despite the economic consequences of COVID-19; it is what has allowed many employees to work from home amid the pandemic; It could also displace many jobs in the coming years. According to the World Economic Forum …
Read More »Controversial call against Liverpool shows why football needs a big shakeup
[ad_1] I was at Anfield last week to watch Liverpool win three points against Sheffield United. That victory saw the Reds draw on points with Premier League leaders Everton, meanwhile, Chris Wilder’s team slipped to 19th place after that result contributed to their winless start to the campaign. Despite the …
Read More »Hong Kong’s windfall from Ant’s impending IPO
[ad_1] HONG KONG – Summer may be over, but the financial world is ablaze with an impending historic debut on November 5 of groundbreaking proportions. Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group is not about to list on the London or New York stock exchanges. But it is about to break …
Read More »Long, Hard Winter for S’porean Students in the US and Europe as Covid-19 Cases Rise, Community News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It’s turning out to be a winter of discontent for thousands of Singaporean students who returned to campuses in Europe and the United States between August and October. It was then that the pandemic seemed to be stabilizing. But there has been a rapid resurgence of the …
Read More »Mustafa Center, Jem, ICA building added to COVID locations list
[ad_1] SINGAPORE —Several major shopping centers, the Immigration and Control Points Authority (ICA) building, and a travel agency were among the additions made by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Friday (October 29) to a list of places visited by community cases while infectious. The Mustafa Center was visited on …
Read More »Did Donald Trump make America great again?
[ad_1] (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who said he knew best what afflicted the United States and often ruled by executive order, dismantled or disrupted multilateral pacts, overhauled the tax and immigration systems and, with the help of the Senate Republicans, reformed the judiciary. Trump’s actions can unravel in many …
Read More »Jack Ma’s Ant IPO Draws US $ 3t in Deals in Retail, Banking and Finance Frenzy
[ad_1] Friday, October 30, 2020 – 3:25 pm [SHANGHAI] The largest initial public offering of all time has sparked an investment frenzy through the record books. Individual investors in Hong Kong and Shanghai placed orders worth at least US $ 3 trillion for shares of Jack Ma’s Ant Group, enough …
Read More »Trump or Biden? What impact can the outcome of the US elections have in Asia?
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: It was one of his first proclamations in office: “Trade wars are good and easy to win.” And since US President Donald Trump took office four years ago, international trade, the lifeblood of Asia, has been under tremendous strain. Ad Ad It has taken a hard line, particularly …
Read More »Academics Cherian George, Donald Low replaced as speakers at the webinar hosted by the NUS alumni group, Politics News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A group of alumni from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have abruptly removed two academics known for their socio-political comments on Singapore from a webinar and replaced them with a new list of speakers. The webinar, titled “Public Speech: Truth and Trust,” initially featured Hong Kong …
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