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It has been more than a century since International Women's Day was first celebrated in 1911, but the themes of women's empowerment and gender equality remain as essential today as they did then.

Bangkok Post

Jeffrey Roberts obituary

Other lives: Diplomat whose postings took him to Pakistan, South Africa, Paris and Singapore

The Guardian - UK

Rice Paper review: We try out one of Leeds' best rated Chinese takeaways

The Halton takeaway provides good quality versions of your favourites at decent prices

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Edinburgh cafe included in best sandwiches in the world guide by Nat Geo

This Holyrood gelato haunt is now rubbing shoulders with top sandwich shops from across the globe in the likes of London, Houston, Tokyo and Singapore. The team have shared their excitement this morning.

Edinburgh Live

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll

SINGAPORE — The repurposed AsiaWorld Expo center in Hong Kong echoes with the moans of elderly COVID-19 patients. Kept in 8-square-foot cubicles, many go weeks without fresh air, sunlight or a bath. Some take their last breaths under the harsh glow of the convention hall lights. On a good day,…

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Dept eyes Singapore-Phuket cruise plan

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will discuss with Singapore a new protocol allowing tourists to take cruises to Phuket from the island nation.

Bangkok Post

Russia's war causes regional disarray

President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine from Feb 24 is deeply consequential for Southeast Asia, both as a region and Asean as a regional organisation. Even though this region is relatively far away from the cut and thrust of Russia's war in Ukraine, Asean has already encountered new internal…

Bangkok Post

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McDonald’s Australia defends reducing its local tax bill as NGOs raise questions offshore

Fast-food giant McDonald's defends its long-standing practice of paying hundreds of millions of dollars of royalties offshore, which reduces its local tax bill.

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Smart For Life Stock Jumps After Launch Of Its Products On Amazon Singapore

Smart For Life Inc (NASDAQ:SMFL) said it is launching various products under the Doctors Scientific Organica brand on Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon Singapore. The company expects the launch to expand the company's international presence into Southeast Asia. The company was selected to introduce several of its key Stock Keeping Units into Amazon's storefront in Singapore.…

Benzinga

Toshiba Director Looks To Support Buyout, Against Board Opposition

Toshiba Corp (OTC:TOSYY) director American Raymond Zage locked horns with the board as he agreed to back a resolution that could lead to a potential buyout, Reuters reports Zage, a former Goldman Sachs banker and hedge fund manager, looked to back the resolution at next week's extraordinary shareholder meeting. Zage believed he…

Benzinga

Travel expert Simon Calder answers your international travel questions

Best destination for a spring activity holiday? Current cruise concerns? And Singapore’s entry rules explained

The Independent UK

Singapore’s expat numbers slump to lowest level since 2010

The number of expatriate white-collar workers in Singapore fell to the lowest in more than a decade, suggesting that the city hasn’t yet benefited from an exodus of professionals from the rival finance hub of Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Singapore court rejects appeals by 3 men on death row

A Singapore court on Wednesday rejected appeals by three men sentenced to death for drugs offences despite criticism from the United Nations and rights campaigners.

Bangkok Post

Singapore: China should use enormous influence on Russia

Singapore’s top diplomat said he hopes China will use its “enormous influence” on Russia to help end its war with Ukraine, warning that Beijing’s decisions in the coming days and weeks could determine the future path of the global economy.

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Microsoft Joins Other Investors In Raising Funds For This Blockchain Start-up

Blockchain start-up ConsenSys raised $450 million in a new round of funding that more than doubled its valuation to $7 billion, CNBC reports. Joseph Lubin founded ConsenSys. Lubin was also the co-founder of Ethereum, the blockchain platform behind ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency. ConsenSys' most popular products include the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet and Infura,…

The Independent UK

Australian billionaires invest $152m in undersea cable that will deliver solar power to Singapore

The project will harness and store solar energy from the Northern Territory in Australia and transmit it to Singapore

Benzinga

Alibaba Marks Cloud Computer Debut Outside China In Singapore; Claims It Will Cut IT Spend By ~50%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) Alibaba Cloud launched its cloud computer in Singapore, eliminating the need for powerful desktop hardware to perform compute-intensive tasks, ComputerWeekly.com reports. Dubbed Wuying, the palm-sized machine weighed only 60g and depended on Alibaba's Elastic Desktop Service (EDS) to do the heavy lifting. The launch marked the debut…

Bangkok Post

Singapore home sales lowest since May 2020

Singapore home sales slumped to the lowest in 21 months as the residential market slows on cooling measures and higher property taxes.

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Singapore’s Elastic Commitment to Accountability

Raeesah Khan’s case shows that the latitude we’re willing to give to untruths and screw-ups varies depending on what the ruling party might be able to get out of it.

Bangkok Post

Activist urges probe against 7 MPs who met Thaksin

Activist Srisuwan Janya has asked the national anti-graft agency to probe at least seven opposition MPs from the Pheu Thai Party who were seen having lunch with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Singapore this week, accusing them of breaching parliament's code of ethics.

Bangkok Post

Singapore seeks expats with ‘super’ skills

Singapore is seeking to attract higher-calibre foreign workers under a new points-based visa system, as part of the government’s broader push to boost local employment while positioning itself as a global city, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said.

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Delivery Rider Chased Away From Bike By Hungry Monkey Trio In Singapore

A food delivery rider got chased away by a trio of local macaques when he was just out trying to do his job in Singapore in early 2022. It's not uncommon.

Benzinga

ZeUPay Completing Infrastructure to Operate as a Global Digital Bank

Oslo – TheNewswire - March 10, 2022 – ZeU Technologies Inc. (CSE:ZEU) (CSE:ZEU) (OTC:ZEUCF) is please to disclose that ZeUPay has signed an agency agreement with NIUM UAB, an EU/Singapore-based payment card issuer and a key player in the digital banking industry.

Bangkok Post

Singapore to open to all vaccinated travellers

Singapore aims to open to all travellers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 sooner rather than later as the Asian country targets restoring passenger volumes to at least 50% of pre-Covid-19 levels this year, Transport Minister S Iswaran said on Thursday.

Birmingham Post

Go-Ahead expands bus business into Sweden after snapping up family firm Flexbuss Sverige

The North East rail and bus operator says the deal follows its expertise in operating franchises in London, Singapore and Ireland

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