JAILED former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried considered paying former US President Donald Trump to not run for re-election in 2020, according to an excerpt of a forthcoming book published on Sunday. In the excerpt published in the Washington Post, Michael Lewis, ...
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Monday his government would inject 560 billion baht ($15.23 billion) into the economy next year through its signature digital wallet policy. The stimulus will be driven by the key plank of ...
TOKYO — Japan’s business sentiment improved in the third quarter, a central bank survey showed, suggesting conditions for a durable economic revival are falling into place even as a global slowdown keeps policymakers cautious about the outlook. Big non-manufacturers’ mood ...
ABU DHABI – Major oil and gas company chiefs held discussions with heavy industry bosses on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates in an effort to agree a firm commitment to reduce carbon emissions ahead of a United Nations climate summit next month. The COP28 summit is scheduled to take place in Dubai between ...
TOKYO – Japan’s move to bar most used-car sales to Russia slammed the brakes on a trade nearing $2 billion annually that had boomed in the shadow of sanctions over Ukraine elsewhere, according to trade data and market participants. In early August, ...
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unlike most 27-year-olds, Chung Ching Kwong does not want any of her life shared on social media. Both her and her loved ones’ safety and freedom are at stake, said Kwong, who left Hong Kong in 2020 to ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like “Mobile Suit Gundam” from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, ...
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., says he will file a ‘motion to vacate the chair’ this week. This is an effort to force a vote of no confidence on the floor for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and potentially prompt a ...
During a New York speech, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, aka “The Maestro,” uttered the phrase: “Irrational Exuberance.” He was referring to the bullish action in the stock market at the time, which, in his mind, might have been ahead of ...
With the thresholds to qualify for the next Republican presidential nomination debate rising, and crucial fundraising reports from the campaigns due in the coming days, the still relatively-large field of GOP White House hopefuls may be slashed in the weeks ...