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Prince of Wales' environmental roadshow to arrive in Africa next week
LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and...
Singapore's affluent veneer hides repression and corruption, says son of its modern-day founder
LONDON (AP) — Singapore has become much more repressive, and corruption in the Asian financial hub has worsened in the decade since the death of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, according to his youngest son who fled to Britain to seek asylum from what he described as a campaign of persecution...
Flex: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SINGAPORE (AP) — SINGAPORE (AP) — Flex Ltd. (FLEX) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $214 million. On a per-share basis, the Singapore-based company said it had profit of 54 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 64 cents per share. ...
Albania stops a ship suspected of harboring massive amounts of toxic waste from docking
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania prevented Monday a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port, officials said, after a watchdog group alerted authorities. The Turkish-flagged Moliva XA443A ship was kept about a mile away from...
Seagate: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SINGAPORE (AP) — SINGAPORE (AP) — Seagate Technology Holdings plc (STX) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $305 million. On a per-share basis, the Singapore-based company said it had profit of $1.41. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.58...
Lee Kuan Yew's youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore
LONDON (AP) — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday that he is now a “political refugee” after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home. The Lee brothers are the sons...
F1 season resumes in Austin with McLaren's Lando Norris in hot pursuit of Red Bull's Max Verstappen
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Verstappen and Red Bull are in retreat as the Formula 1 season resumes in Texas. The series returns from a month-long autumn break at the United States Grand Prix with the Dutch driver still leading the championship, but his car has gone backward in terms...
Indonesia arrests a suspect wanted by China for running a $14 billion investment scam
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's immigration officers on the tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China, officials said Thursday. The 39-year-old man, identified only by his...
Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport...
Malaysian billionaire hotelier charged in Singapore in relation to ex-minister's wrongdoings
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian billionaire hotelier who brought Formula One to Singapore was charged Friday for allegedly obstructing justice and abetting wrongdoings by a former Cabinet minister who was imprisoned a day earlier in a rare graft case. The two charges...
