BANGKOK — Thailand’s cabinet on Tuesday approved tax measures to help boost public consumption to support the economy as it recovers, the finance minister said. The tax measures include a tax deduction of 40,000 baht ($1,149.4) for shoppers on goods ...
LONDON — It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization (WHO) advisors told Reuters. Their views ...
KABUL — Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher ...
Journalists must be exempted from new data protection laws or there will be risks to freedom of speech, newspaper editors have warned ministers. The editors of The Times, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail have written jointly to the ...
Gold always has been and will always be a controversial asset within investment circles. Its proponents can’t agree on why it deserves a place in portfolios or how much to allocate to Gold in various risk-based portfolio models. At MarketGauge, ...
LONDON – Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales will strike over pay on Wednesday, increasing the strain on a state-funded health service a day after nurses walked out, with hospital bosses saying the action would put patients at risk. The government said the “deeply regrettable” strike would ...
SINGAPORE – To borrow from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 2022 is not a year on which the cryptocurrency world shall look back with undiluted pleasure. Crashes, contagion, collapses came in such quick succession that investors were, towards the end of the year, asking ...
BEIJING – Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert said, amid concerns over the potential toll and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China’s tough virus policies. Following widespread protests, the country of 1.4 billion people this month began dismantling ...
WASHINGTON – A proposal to bar federal employees from using Chinese app TikTok on government devices appeared set to become law, threatening to deal a blow to the company’s reputation and scare off advertisers even if it will not affect many users, experts said. US lawmakers early on Tuesday included the proposal in a key spending ...
SINGAPORE – Alicia quit her job at a Singapore construction firm during the pandemic and signed up to work for an app-based delivery company, then a ride-hailing platform. While she welcomed the flexibility, she worried about her pension, and falling sick. So she was ...