JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank delivered a surprise rate hike on Wednesday (Apr 24), stepping up efforts to support the rupiah currency against selling linked to global risk aversion and a delay in the expected timing of any US policy easing. Bank Indonesia (BI) raised the 7-day reverse repurchase rate by…
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GETTING PUBLIC SUPPORT California became just the second state in the United States to approve the process following Colorado, and joins a handful of countries including Singapore, Australia and South Africa. With one in four people still lacking access to clean drinking water globally, efforts such as these could play a key role in conserving the precious resource, said observers. They added that recycling sewage is more environmentally friendly, as it lowers the amount of…
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SINGAPORE — There will be a 2.7 per cent increase in the overall supply of Certificates of…
WHAT HAPPENS? Scammers posing as customers would call businesses or message them on Whatsapp purportedly…
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SINGAPORE: Ms Ankiti Bose, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Zilingo, has filed criminal complaints against two of her former colleagues at the fashion start-up, the Times of India reported on Wednesday (Apr 24). Ms Bose pressed charges of cheating, intimidation, conspiracy and harassment against her fellow co-founder Dhruv Kapoor and the…
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SKOPJE: Voters in North Macedonia went to the polls on Wednesday (Apr 24) to elect the president in a litmus test for a parliamentary election next month in which a nationalist opposition is seeking to unseat the ruling centre-left Social Democrats. Wednesday’s vote pits President Stevo Pendarovski, a candidate of…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Capital A’s Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday (Apr 24) he has agreed to put aside retirement plans and has signed a new five-year contract to continue as chief executive of the company, the operator of budget airline group AirAsia. Fernandes, who said in January he intended to retire…
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With the mercury rising on Singapore’s shores, the idea of a winter break in the months ahead comes as welcome relief. Nestled near the southernmost edge of Western Australia in the Pemberton wine region lies Ampersand Estates, a haven awaiting discovery. Say hello to sweater weather, with temperatures lingering between 10…
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