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[ad_1] Photographer: Samsul Said / Bloomberg Photographer: Samsul Said / Bloomberg Forced to stay home when Malaysia deployed its To ensure strict adherence to a virus-induced lockdown earlier this year, Victor Yap sat in his living room, listening intently to a March 27 speech from the nation’s prime minister. When …

[ad_1] Wed, Sep 09, 2020 – 5:50 am Singapore TEMASEK Holdings reported on Tuesday that its one-year total shareholder return (TSR) had fallen into negative territory amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and that it will remain cautious as it prepares for further uncertainty in the face of a cloudy outlook from …

[ad_1] China has passed “an extraordinary historical test” with its handling of the coronavirus, President Xi Jinping said at a triumphant awards ceremony for medical professionals decorated with trumpets and applause on Tuesday. The nation’s propaganda machine has praised the Chinese government’s Covid-19 response, reframing the public health crisis as …

[ad_1] HOUSTON • Ill-timed bets on rising demand see ExxonMobil face a deficit of roughly $ 48 billion (Singapore $ 65.7 billion) through the end of next year, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimates, a A situation that will require the major United States oil company to …

[ad_1] Human rights defenders and critics warned of what they called “increasingly aggressive” police tactics in Hong Kong after an officer accosted a 12-year-old girl and pinned her down during anti-government protests on Sunday. Although the girl was not among the nearly 300 people arrested that day, images of her …

[ad_1] Photographer: Ivan Abreu / Bloomberg Photographer: Ivan Abreu / Bloomberg The most popular Chinese-owned social networks, from WeChat to TikTok, are increasingly censoring content in the US and elsewhere, bringing practices honed over years behind the Great Firewall to an international audience. ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok often buries or hides …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday called for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. as great threats to regional stability. China, which claims democracy in Taiwan as …

[ad_1] Deal TikTok owner ByteDance said Tuesday that it would provide cash bonuses to working employees to help it “overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing macroeconomic environment.” FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a ByteDance logo shown in this …

[ad_1] SYDNEY / BEIJING – The two remaining Australian journalists in China took refuge in diplomatic missions before rushing out of the country as tensions between the two nations deteriorated further. In what Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne called “very disappointing,” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Australian Financial …

[ad_1] BEIJING – China is the first major economy to resume growth since the coronavirus outbreak wreaked havoc around the world and is paving the way for Covid-19 control and economic recovery, said on Tuesday (September 8) the President Xi Jinping, at his finest. extensive comments on the pandemic yet. …