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‘Betrayed’: FTX meltdown signals end to crypto’s ‘Wild West’ days

Cryptocurrency exchange’s spectacular collapse spurs government scrutiny and calls for greater regulation.

Al Jazeera

Fugitive extradited from Singapore to face sentencing after 20 years on the run

A woman who was a fugitive from federal authorities for 20 years appeared in court in Oakland, California, for the first time after being extradited from Singapore, U.S. prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times

Singapore Air adds flights to Bangkok, Phuket

Singapore Airlines Ltd will add flights to East and Southeast Asia, including Bangkok and Phuket, from early next year and trim some services to the United States as it tweaks routes and plane allocations to get a head start over rivals as nations ease travel restrictions.

Bangkok Post

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Singapore and Taiwan’s Multifaceted, Unofficial Ties

Singapore has had robust economic, societal, and cultural ties with Taiwan, but its trepidation at offending the PRC may prompt it to pull back.

The News Lens

Power of AWS partners to accelerate ASEAN’s digital transformation

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud provider, and an Amazon.com company, has vowed to assist public sector customers in pursuing their smart city journey through support of innovative solutions by its partners.

Bangkok Post

Cryptos sag as funds drained from FTX switch out of ether

SINGAPORE: Cryptocurrency prices struggled Monday in the ongoing crisis sparked by the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s once powerful FTX empire

Bangkok Post

Singapore catches the #MeToo train

#MeToo may not have garnered much traction in Singapore but that didn’t stop women from demanding change.

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Mike Bloomberg apologises to guests after Boris Johnson criticises China during speech

The former Prime Minister is said to have been critical of China during a speech to guests at the five-star Fullerton Bay hotel in Singapore

Evening Standard

Mike Bloomberg forced to apologise after Boris Johnson speech criticising China

Exclusive: Ex-PM said to have described China as ‘coercive autocracy’ in speech to Asian businesspeople and diplomats

The Guardian - UK

What does the COVID-19 'variant soup' mean for the Asia-Pacific region as travel ramps up?

As sub-variants vie for dominance, how is COVID-19 playing out in different countries across our region?

ABC News

Boris Johnson trousers £276,130 for ONE speech while bunking off Parliament

The former Prime Minister topped up his £84k MP salary with a speech in Colorado - and he has another planned at a blockchain symposium in Singapore

Daily Mirror

Hotelux debuts in Thailand

Following successful launches in Singapore and Japan, Hotelux, a paid membership hotel reservation app specialising in luxury hotels, has landed in the Land of Smiles.

Bangkok Post

FTX case has raised 'serious allegations', says Singapore minister

SINGAPORE: The collapse of crypto exchange FTX has raised "very serious allegations that amount to potential fraud", Singapore's finance minister and deputy prime minister said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Floods isolate Australian wheatbelt towns; Singapore joins rescue efforts

Hundreds of properties in Australia's southeast, scrubbed and cleaned two weeks ago after major flooding, were inundated again on Thursday as officials issued fresh evacuation orders while Singaporean rescue specialists arrived to aid relief efforts.

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Drone Hits Israeli-Linked Tanker; Iran Frees 2 Greek Tankers

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Greece said Iran freed two Greek oil tankers held by Tehran since May. The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker…

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2022 Golden Horse Asian Cinema Observer Report: Part 2

Our film critic CJ Sheu was at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to review nominees for the Asian Cinema Observer Recommendation Prize. Here he gives the second of a two-part survey of the films: a Singaporean-Korean production along with films from Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

The Conversation

What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?

Australia is now mid-way into its fourth wave of COVID in the Omicron era, driven by a rich soup of Omicron descendants. Unlike previous waves, where a single new variant of SARS-CoV-2 variant such as BA.2 or BA.5 was responsible, we have had an explosion of new variants such as…

Bangkok Post

Something of a globe-trotter: From an international student in Singapore to an educator in Bangkok

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Xi’s crackdowns drive Chinese billionaires to booming Singapore

One of the hottest wine bars for Chinese billionaires isn’t atop a Shanghai office tower or within a Beijing courtyard house. It’s in a modest black-and-white bungalow next to a six-lane thruway in the heart of Singapore.

The Guardian - AU

AFL stands by Crypto.com partnership amid fears of a cryptocurrency meltdown

League says no change to deal with Singapore-based exchange, as market is rocked by FTX collapse

Reuters

Singapore Prime Minister hopes for consensus on key issues at G20

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday the difficult issues at the G20 summit include climate change, global economy, security, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz: G20 consensus on war in Ukraine to be 'tough ride'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies would find it difficult agreeing clear statements on global issues and the war in Ukraine when they meet this week for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Facing uncertainty head on

What do you feel at 25? Many young adults are struggling to navigate through a muddle of insecurities, whether it be jobs, relationships or something in between. Similarly, so does the 25th edition of the Singapore Writers Festival. After two years of being digital, the annual literary event is back…

Bangkok Post

Indonesian tourist dies in cruise ship off Phuket

PHUKET: An Indonesian male tourist died on board a cruise ship that had just arrived in this southern Thai island resort province from Singapore in the small hours on Saturday.

Dynamite News

It is just small chunk of flesh, says Lalu's daughter Rohini who decides to donate her kidney to RJD chief

It is just a small chunk of flesh, said Rohini Acharya, RJD president Lalu Prasad's Singapore-based daughter, about her decision to donate a kidney to her ailing septuagenarian father. Read more on Dynamite News:

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