BEIJING: Bitcoin plunged below US$40,000 for the first time in more than three months on Wednesday (May 19) after China said cryptocurrencies would not be...

[caption id="attachment_13591" align="alignleft" width="714"] FILE PHOTO: A shop owner and residents wear protective face masks, to protect themselves from the coronavirus (COVID-19), while buying groceries...

[caption id="attachment_13576" align="alignright" width="768"] A COVID-19 safe distancing ambassador on the job in Singapore. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Singapore is stepping up enforcement of COVID-19 safe management...

[caption id="attachment_13553" align="alignnone" width="2560"] The Top Glove logo is pictured outside a factory in Klang, Malaysia, on Dec 10, 2020. [/caption] KUALA LUMPUR: The United...

The UK economy shrank by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, as the country experienced a lengthy winter lockdown. School closures and a large...

Shares in Chinese food delivery giant Meituan have fallen sharply after its boss reportedly shared a 1,000-year-old poem on social media. The Book Burning Pit...

[caption id="attachment_13518" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, in the East Room of the White House,...