LONDON: After Britain ordered the phased removal of Huawei from its 5G network, attention has now switched to China’s role in other areas of the UK, particularly its involvement in key nuclear power projects. Diplomatic relations between the two countries are already fraught as a result of Beijing’s introduction of […]
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REUTERS: Delta Air Lines on Friday (Aug 21) said it plans to resume 50 flights on the international route this winter and in 2021 that were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “While significant hurdles remain in the global fight against the pandemic, we are ready to connect customers to […]
REUTERS: Apple Inc on Friday asked a federal judge in California to deny a request by Fortnite maker Epic Games to be kept in the iPhone maker’s App Store as a dispute between the two over Apple’s in-app payment rules plays out. In a filing before US District Judge Yvonne […]
TOKYO: Singapore’s Wuthelam Group will take majority control of Nippon Paint Holdings, spending1.19 trillion yen (S$15.6 billion) to raise its stake to just under 60 per cent from 39 per cent now, the Japanese company said in a statement on Friday (Aug 21). Wuthelam will become a majority shareholder through […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) have welcomed the Government’s decision on Friday (Aug 21) to ease restrictions on inbound travel from Brunei and New Zealand. From Sep 1, some travellers coming to Singapore from those two countries will not be required to serve a stay-home notice […]
SINGAPORE: Zoom Video Communications has opened a new data centre in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, it said on Tuesday (Aug 18).Use of Zoom’s video conferencing services has surged as huge numbers of people across the world work from home because of COVID-19 curbs, but the company has also […]
SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok on Monday (Aug 17) stepped up its defence against US accusations that the popular video app is a national security threat, denouncing what it called “rumours and misinformation” about its links to the Chinese government. The video-snippet sharing service launched an online information hub as its Chinese […]
VANCOUVER: Canada has released as much information as it legally can about the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the government’s lawyers said yesterday, as she sought more confidential documents relating to her 2018 detention. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a […]
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group continues to feel the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday (Aug 17), the company released figures which showed three of its carriers continuing to see sharp declines in passenger traffic for July. SIA Group said this was down to “severely curtailed” demand […]
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced on Monday (Aug 17) it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips. The US Commerce Department actions, first reported by Reuters, will expand restrictions announced in May aimed at preventing the Chinese telecommunications giant […]