[ad_1] SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed the need for responsible economic policies while chairing a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party, state news agency KCNA reported on Monday (November 30). The meeting comes during a difficult year for North Korea as the coronavirus pandemic …
Read More »Ant is said to face a slim chance of an IPO in 2021
[ad_1] The chances that Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. will be able to reactivate its huge stock listing next year are increasingly slim as China reviews the rules governing the fintech industry, according to regulatory officials familiar with the matter. Ant is still in the early stages of reviewing the …
Read More »Non-bank financial institutions to access FAST, PayNow
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Starting in February next year, eligible non-bank financial institutions will have direct access to retail payment services such as Fast and Secure Transfers (FAST) and PayNow. This will allow users to make real-time fund transfers between bank accounts and e-wallets, as well as through different e-wallets, the Monetary …
Read More »‘They asked me for my bank password’
[ad_1] When stomper Airah She saw that she could get some Pizza Hut treats for just a dollar, she was beyond excited. But just as he was making the payment, he realized that this deal was too good to be true. And she was right. Airah told Stomp that she …
Read More »Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop dies at 42
[ad_1] PARIS: Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who scored the first goal of the 2002 World Cup against defending champion France, has died at age 42, soccer’s governing body, the national team, said on Sunday (November 29). FIFA. “FIFA is saddened to learn of the passing of Senegal legend …
Read More »Unsubstantiated home remedies for Covid-19 proliferate in Malaysia despite warning from authorities, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Despite the warning from the Ministry of Health, false information about Covid-19 and false remedies for the disease continue to be rampant in Malaysia. Herbs, healing oils, honey, and homemade concoctions – these are some of the “preventative drugs” that …
Read More »Australia demands apology from China after fake image was posted on social media
[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday (November 30) that Canberra is seeking an apology from Beijing for a tweet containing a false image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan boy. Morrison said Australia was seeking removal of the “truly …
Read More »Trump to add China’s SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist: sources
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ready to add China’s top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of suspected Chinese military companies, according to a document and sources, curbing their access to US investors and increased tensions with Beijing weeks earlier. President-elect Joe …
Read More »PM Lee takes the stand in defamation lawsuit against Terry Xu of TOC, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in court on Monday (November 30) to testify in his defamation lawsuit against The Online Citizen (TOC) editor Terry Xu. Xu’s lawyer, Lim Tean, began his questioning of PM Lee. The week-long hearing was also able to see the prime minister’s …
Read More »Biden breaks his foot while playing with a dog for wearing a boot
[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Delaware: President-elect Joe Biden broke his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, an injury discovered in a scan Sunday (Nov. 29) that likely required him to wear a boot for several weeks, his doctor said. Biden suffered the injury Saturday and visited an orthopedist in …
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