ZURICH – Credit Suisse Group hit a fresh record low after attempts to reassure markets on its financial stability only added to the sense of …
Pound gains after UK government U-turns on cut to top tax rate
LONDON – The pound gained on Monday on news Britain would reverse plans to cut the highest rate of income tax, one contentious part of a …
Powerful Modi-linked Hindu group decries rising India inequality
NEW DELHI – India must encourage local entrepreneurship to combat unemployment in the country, said a top official of a Hindu group affiliated to the …
Taiwan launches English TV channel to give it more international exposure
TAIPEI – Taiwan launched its first English-language news, lifestyle and entertainment television channel on Monday to give it a bigger voice internationally at a time when …
Nuclear non-proliferation regime at risk?: Jakarta Post contributor
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Since its inception in 2021, the enhanced trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United …
ST HeadSTart: Time to kill ‘quiet quitting’ | How to motivate a disinterested co-worker
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Singtel says media reports on potential hefty costs from Optus cyber attack ‘speculative’
SINGAPORE – Singtel said on Monday that media reports citing potential fines or costs from the massive cyber breach that affected nearly 10 million accounts …
Police warn against surge in phishing scams involving Singpass
SINGAPORE – The police have warned against a surge in a new type of phishing scams where fraudsters target victims through SMSes to obtain their …
Battered by floods and trapped in debt, Pakistani farmers struggle to survive
NAWABSHAH, Pakistan – The young woman waded into the waist-deep floodwater that covered her farmland, scouring shrivelled stalks of cotton for the few surviving white …
Australian government slams Singtel’s Optus for cyber-security breach
MELBOURNE – The Australian government on Sunday levelled its harshest criticism yet against Optus, the second-biggest telecoms company, for a cyber-security breach that affected the …
More than 129 people killed after stampede at Indonesia football match
JAKARTA – At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after a crowd stampede during a riot, police …
G20 Sherpa committed to address global solutions
JAKARTA, Oct 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The third G20 Sherpa meeting in Yogyakarta has concluded with G20 member countries agreeing to …
Tokyo hopes to attract start-ups and investment as borders come down: Koike
TOKYO – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike hopes the resumption of visa-free travel to Japan from Oct 11 and the weak yen will draw potential investors …
Thai vegetarian festival returns after Covid-19 hiatus
PHUKET – Hundreds of devotees flocked to temples and staged processions to celebrate the annual vegetarian festival this week on the island of Phuket in …
Kyoto wants you back, but it has some polite suggestions
KYOTO – In the months before March 2020, the food sellers in Kyoto’s Nishiki market often wished for an end to the seemingly endless stream …
Interest rate hikes, currency swings, inflation – what bearing will it have on economies?
Dealing with extreme fall in yen’s value Editorial The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan The government and the Bank of Japan have intervened in the currency market …
Euro-zone inflation at double-digit record piles pressure on ECB
FRANKFURT – The euro zone’s economic crisis intensified with the first ever reading of double-digit inflation, piling pressure on the European Central Bank to keep …
Sea’s Shopee faces boycott calls in Philippines over brand ambassador
SINGAPORE – Sea Limited’s e-commerce business Shopee faces boycott calls from Philippine consumers after naming a staunch supporter of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr as its brand …
Prayut to continue as Thai prime minister after court rules on tenure limit
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will remain in his post after the country’s top court ruled on Friday that he has not exceeded …
Taiwan inducts new amphibious ship in push to bolster indigenous defence industry
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – Taiwan’s navy took delivery Friday of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster …