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[ad_1] LONDON: Brexit comes true on Thursday (December 31) as Britain abandons the customs union and Europe’s single market, ending nearly half a century of often turbulent ties with its closest neighbors. The UK’s tortuous exit from the European Union takes full effect when Big Ben hits 11pm. In central …

[ad_1] Many Singaporeans step up to give their time and money to those in need The coronavirus and efforts to curb its spread hit the economy hugely this year, with a sharp increase in workers losing their jobs or taking a sharp pay cut. But the darker times also brought …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will present the 2021 budget in Parliament on February 16, a Tuesday. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced the date in a statement on Thursday (December 31). There will be live television and radio coverage of the Budget …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s national Covid-19 vaccination program began on Wednesday (December 30) with the first injections of Pfizer-BioNTech administered to 40 healthcare workers at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID). This marks an important milestone in the Republic’s fight against Covid-19, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told reporters, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – As the threat of contracting the coronavirus loomed on public transportation and in densely populated office spaces, employees around the world said goodbye to their workplaces and huddled at home to work. The lights in the office towers went out and the business districts fell silent. Office …

[ad_1] BEIJING (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Zhong Shanshan is a private billionaire who is rarely quoted in the press. Now, after an unlikely career spanning journalism, mushroom farming and healthcare, he has become the richest person in Asia, outshining India’s Mukesh Ambani and a group of Chinese tech titans, including …

[ad_1] South China morning post China-Russia ties will not be broken, declare Xi and Putin in signal to Biden The relationship between China and Russia cannot be interrupted by any third nation and will withstand all kinds of international crises, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart, signaling to …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States said it will ban all shipments of palm oil from one of the world’s largest producers after finding indicators of forced labor and other abuses on plantations that feed the supply chains of some of the food and cosmetic companies. most famous in the United …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The European Union and China agreed on Wednesday (December 30) an investment agreement that will give European companies greater access to Chinese markets and help repair what Europe sees as unbalanced economic ties. The deal has been in the works for nearly seven years and is likely to …

[ad_1] South China morning post US President-Elect Joe Biden Calls For Stronger Trade Coalitions Against China As The EU Appears Close To A Deal US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday called for stronger coalitions against China to be formed on the trade and economic fronts, even as the European Union …