SINGAPORE: Budget airline Scoot on Thursday (Apr 18) cancelled a total of six flights between Singapore and East Malaysia as well as Indonesia following multiple eruptions of Mount Ruang. The volcano in Indonesia started erupting on Tuesday evening, pushing an ash column more than 1.5km into the sky, prompting local authorities to…
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Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to secure a truce in Gaza and a release of hostages have stalled, Qatar’s prime minister said on Wednesday (Apr 17). “We are going through a sensitive stage with some stalling, and we are trying as much as possible to address this stalling,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told a news conference with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in weeks…
TAIPEI: Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC announced Thursday (Apr 18) a nearly 9 per cent increase…
MUNICH, Germany : Departing Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel said he was relieved after his…
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GAPS IN PROTECTING WORKERS For a long-time advocate of flexi-work, the new guidelines are helpful for defining and standardising what flexible work arrangements are, but gaps remain. Ms Sher-li Torrey is the founder of Mums@Work, a career portal with 60,000 members in Singapore that supports working mothers by listing jobs…
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PANAMA CITY: The prosecution sought 12-year prison sentences on Wednesday (Apr 17) for the founders of a now-defunct law firm at the centre of the so-called “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal. Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca stand accused of money laundering in a trial that opened against them and more…
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Kazakhstan has raised its arbitration claims against the international oil majors that developed the Kashagan oilfield to more than $150 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Kazakhstan’s energy minister said last year it was pressing ahead with $16.5 billion in claims against the consortium…
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One of his favourite accommodations is The Capitol Hotel Tokyu. The original hotel has an illustrious history. It was built in 1963 as Japan’s first foreign-affiliated hotel (then, as Tokyo Hilton Hotel) and hosted many dignitaries. The new building was completed in 2010 and rebranded as The Capitol Hotel Tokyu,…
