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Haw Par Corporation H1 net profit up 18.2% at S$144.1 million
It declares an interim dividend of 20 Singapore cents per share, unchanged from the year before Haw Par Corporation posted an 18.2 per…
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EXCLUSIVE: Kendall Jenner Reunites With Alo for Fall 2025 ‘Luxury Is Wellness’ Campaign
Kendall Jenner and Alo reunite for the Los Angeles-based athletic apparel retailer‘s fall 2025 collection campaign, featuring a series of…
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Hong Leong Asia H1 net profit rises 13.1% to S$56 million
Hong Leong Asia posted a 13.1 per cent rise in net profit to S$56 million for the first half of its financial year ended Jun 30, 2025,…
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Broward County Man Who Killed Girlfriend with a Spear, Then Claimed She Died Accidentally After Impaling Herself, Convicted
A Broward County jury on Monday found a Hallandale Beach man guilty of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his partner with a spear…
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Steigenberger Icon Europäischer Hof reopens after renovation
H World Group hotel brand Steigenberger Icon’s Europäischer Hof in Baden-Baden, Germany, has reopened its doors after undergoing extensive…
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Top Philippine bank likely to sustain record profit, CEO says
BDO Unibank, the Philippines’ biggest lender, expects to sustain record-high earnings this year on broad-based growth in lending, its…
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Japan's Nikkei races to record high, SoftBank leads tech surge
Japan’s Nikkei share gauge powered to an all-time high on Tuesday (Aug 12), driven by sharp gains for tech companies and renewed optimism…
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Norway’s US$1.9 trillion wealth fund returns 5.7% in H1
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returned 5.7 per cent and slightly missed its target in the first six months of 2025. The US$1.9 trillion…
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Asian Stocks Rise on US-China Tariff Truce and Interest Rate Hopes
Stocks rose in Asia on news that U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a tariff truce between Washington and Beijing for 90 days. This…
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New Mexico Teen Fatally Shoots Uber Driver, Says it was to 'Let Some Steam Off'
An 18-year-old New Mexico man has been charged with murder after allegedly killing an Uber driver "to let off some steam," according to…
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China urges firms not to use Nvidia H20 chips in new guidance
China has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes, complicating the…
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China urges firms to avoid Nvidia H20 chips after Trump resumes sales
China has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes, complicating the…
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M1-Simba, Starhub-MyRepublic consolidations: a crowded telco market through the years
Developments of telecommunications companies consolidating dominated this week, after many years of speculation. News broke on Tuesday…
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Man Gored to Death by Bull After Video Shows Him Taunting Animal During Controversial Bullfighting Festival in Colombia
A graphic video has emerged on social media of a bullfighter being gored to death in front of horrified onlookers moments after he was…
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Who Is Ethan Blaine Nieneker? Gunman Who Opened Fire at Texas Target and Killed Three Is Violent Criminal with Mental Health Issues
The gunman who opened fire outside a Target store in Texas, killing three, has been revealed to be a violent career criminal, according to…
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DBS, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development sign MOU to advance carbon credit trading
DBS China on Tuesday (Aug 12) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park…
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DBS China signs MOU with two other parties to advance carbon credit trading
DBS China on Tuesday (Aug 12) signed a memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development…
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Australia’s central bank cuts rates to two-year low of 3.6%
Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its main cash rate by a quarter point to a two-year low of 3.60 per cent, citing a slowdown in…
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RBA cuts interest rates, signals more to come as inflation slows
Australia’s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday (Aug 12) for a third time this year and signalled further policy easing might be…
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China Everbright Water H1 net profit slips 3% to HK$563.8 million on revenue decline
Dual-listed China Everbright Water on Tuesday (Aug 12) posted net profit of HK$563.8 million (S$92.4 million) for the six months ended Jun…
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Burberry Returns to the City on a Red London Double-decker Bus
LONDON — Burberry has had its fun in the English countryside; now it’s coming back to the city. In a new series titled “Back to the City,”…
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Explosions at US Steel plant leaves two dead, 10 injured
MULTIPLE explosions on Monday at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed two people and injured 10 others, according to the company and…
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Video from Malaysian airshow in 2023 falsely linked to Cambodia-Thailand clash
Bangkok has rejected "baseless" accusations from Cambodia that it used chemical weapons during the Southeast Asian neighbours' worst…
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Citigroup hires Goldman, Millennium alum for Asia prime finance
Citigroup hired Goldman Sachs and Millennium Management alumnus Jignesh Patel as Asia-Pacific prime finance head, as it seeks to expand…