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China and key US partner Singapore agree to top-level defense hotline
SINGAPORE (AP) — China and Singapore laid the groundwork Thursday for a hotline between the two countries that would establish a high-level communications link between Beijing and a close American partner in Asia at a time when Chinese tensions with Washington are high and dialogue has stalled. ...
Singapore prime minister tests positive for COVID again in rare rebound case
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time in less than two weeks, in a rare case of a rebound. Lee, 71, was diagnosed with COVID-19 for the first time on May 22, following work trips to Africa and...
JOYY: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
SINGAPORE (AP) — SINGAPORE (AP) — JOYY Inc. (YY) on Tuesday reported net income of $28 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Singapore-based company said it had profit of 35 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 64 cents per share. ...
Credit Suisse owes millions to Georgia's billionaire ex-prime minister, court says
LONDON (AP) — Credit Suisse owes former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to protect the billionaire's money in a trust pilfered by a manager, a Singapore court ruled Friday, the latest scandal for the Swiss bank whose yearslong problems...
Singapore's prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. Due to his age, the 71-year-old said he was prescribed the Paxlovid antiviral medication....
Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. The 37-year-old man was executed after...
UN expert: Myanmar military imported $1 billion in weapons since 2021 coup
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion worth of weapons and related material from Russia, China and other countries since its February 2021 coup, some of which it has used to carry out atrocities against civilians, according to a U.N. report released...
Amnesty: Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022, rose in Iran, Saudi Arabia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year earlier, with a significant rise in Iran and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said in an annual report Tuesday that also criticized Indonesia as having one of the highest numbers of new death sentences in Asia....
Flex: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
SINGAPORE (AP) — SINGAPORE (AP) — Flex Ltd. (FLEX) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $142 million. The Singapore-based company said it had profit of 31 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 57 cents per share. ...
One Championship finally lands in U.S. with debut show
DENVER (AP) — One Championship finally makes its U.S. debut Friday night, and the martial arts promotion believes more stateside shows are in its near future. One is holding a Fight Night headlined by former UFC champion Demetrious Johnson at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield,...
