Sime Darby Plantation SIPL.KL reported a third-quarter net profit on Monday compared to a year-earlier loss, and said it expects palm oil demand to increase further next year. The results were helped ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Plan to Replace Hong Kong as Financial Hub Faces Hurdles
Japan has explicitly stated its goal is to make Tokyo the number one financial city in Asia, but that dream is running into the current reality of doing business in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh will get vaccine first when India begins delivery: Salman Rahman
Bangladesh will get the coronavirus vaccine to be manufactured by the Serum Institute of India on a priority basis, Salman F Rahman has said. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Oman reopens dual-tranche bond sale, raises $500 million
Oman raised $500 million on Monday through a reopening of two bonds issued last month, drawing orders of more than $3 billion for the additional tranches, a document showed. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases pass half million mark
Indonesia's coronavirus caseload has surpassed the half million mark, with 4,442 new infections reported on Monday, data from the country's health ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks in Asia-Pacific rise; airline shares in Hong Kong and Singapore decline
Shares of airlines in Hong Kong and Singapore slipped on Monday after an anticipated air travel bubble between the two cities was delayed. ( read original story ...)
Singapore charges activist who held up a smiley-face sign
Singapore has charged a civil activist who held a sign bearing a smiley face for participating in an illegal public assembly involving only himself. On Monday, Jolovan Wham was formally charged with ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Porn Star Mia Khalifa Wishes ‘Broken, Beautiful’ Lebanon A Happy Independence Day
Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa celebrated her home country Lebanon's Independence Day Sunday with a heartfelt Instagram post. ( read original story ...)
480 kilograms of marijuana seized on Laos border
Police have seized 480 kilogrammes of, what they say is, high grade marijuana in northeastern Thailand in a routine roadside search. ( read original story ...)
Laos reports 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Lao Ministry of Health on Monday reported 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, with its total number rising to 39. The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control ... ( read original story ...)