Business
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Pentagon Orders Over 1,500 Soldiers to Get Ready for Deployment in Minnesota if Situation Goes Out of Control
The Pentagon has ordered around 1,500 active-duty troops to be ready in case they are needed to go to Minnesota, where large demonstrations have erupted over the government’s deportation campaign,…
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Iranian Doctors Claim More Than 16,000 People Killed in Protests as Regime Continues ‘Genocide Under the Cover of Digital Darkness’
The Iranian regime has killed over 16,500 people and injured more than 330,000 others, as security forces continue a brutal crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests, targeting not only demonstrators but…
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Singapore Traffic Police Step Up Crackdown on Lorries Without Speed Limiters Ahead of Mandatory Deadline
Traffic Police officers conducted early-morning enforcement operations across Singapore on January 16 and 17 to identify lorries that have failed to install mandatory speed limiters, as authorities intensify efforts to…
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‘Good-looking’ Babies Trafficked into Singapore via Jakarta for Illegal Adoptions
An Indonesian trafficking syndicate smuggled at least 15 newborn babies into Singapore for illegal adoption, exploiting vulnerable families in West Java and charging wealthy adoptive parents more than S$20,000 per…
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Micron to buy Taiwan chip fabrication site for US$1.8 billion
The investment is part of Micron’s global expansion as it seeks to meet continued demand for memory chips [NEW YORK] Micron Technology has signed a letter of intent to buy…
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Located in Plentong, the 7,500 square store is the company’s third retail outlet in Malaysia
Located in Plentong, the 7,500 sq ft store is the company’s third retail outlet in Malaysia [JOHOR BAHRU] Automotive accessory and tyre company Stamford Tyres opened its first retail location…
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JPMorgan confirms Trump assertion that bank CEO Dimon was not offered Fed chair job
Trump plans to sue JPMorgan sometime in the next two weeks for allegedly “debanking” him [WASHINGTON] JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on Saturday (Jan 17) confirmed he was not asked to…
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Creative’s new CEO is no Sim Wong Hoo – but he shouldn’t strive to be
New chief Sim Li Ern’s main task is to convince investors that the company still has viable businesses [SINGAPORE] Sim Li Ern, the nephew of the late Creative Technology founder…
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International oil companies push for quick reforms in Venezuela to give them control over oil exports
The companies are also seeking to remove extra taxes introduced by the government [HOUSTON] Oil executives and lawyers for international oil companies are lobbying the US and Venezuelan governments for…
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ComfortDelGro self-driving vehicle collides with road divider during road test
[SINGAPORE] An autonomous vehicle operated by ComfortDelGro (CDG) collided with a road divider while undergoing a road test in Punggol on Saturday (Jan 17). In response to queries from The…
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Lutnick warns some South Korean, Taiwanese firms may face 100% chip tariffs unless they invest in US
[NEW YORK] US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said South Korean memory chipmakers and Taiwanese companies that are not investing in the US may face up to 100 per cent tariffs…
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Fort Worth Twins Arrested Over Revenge Killing of Man Who Robbed Them, Forced Them to Strip at Gunpoint in 2021
Two North Texas twin brothers have been arrested after police found a connection between them and two separate murders that took place in November 2025. The twins allegedly carried out…
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Bank of Japan keeps yen watchers on edge for rate-hike clues
Yen weakness and negative real rates risk fuelling inflation, leaving the BOJ behind the curve [TOKYO] The upcoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) meeting offers scope for sharp movements in the yen as…
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China’s new tech stock boom leaves its economic malaise behind
Momentum may gain further support as DeepSeek rolls out a new AI model and China unveils a tech-focused five-year plan [BEIJING] Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global…
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OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT in bid to boost revenue
The move marks a major departure for the company that had so far relied on subscriptions OpenAI said it would start showing ads in ChatGPT to some US users, ramping…
