SINGAPORE — Like many rich Chinese, graduate student Zayn Zhang thinks Singapore could be ideal to park his family’s wealth. He’s hoping that studying at a university in the Asian financial hub will lead to permanent residency and while the ...
TOKYO — From inflation allowances to the reskilling of workers, firms in Japan are stepping up efforts to help employees fight rising prices and a labor crunch, even though some cannot afford pay hikes that do more than offset cost-push ...
MELBOURNE — Australia’s nuclear safety agency said on Tuesday it had joined the hunt for a tiny radioactive capsule missing somewhere in the outback, sending a team with specialized car-mounted and portable detection equipment. Authorities have now been on a ...
MOSELEY, Virginia — When deputy clerk Kelly Smith saw how changing flood risk maps could saddle many of her Montana city’s about 2,000 residents with costly new building requirements or limitations, she pondered quitting her job. “When people get upset ...
A green-hued comet that has been lurking in the night sky for months is expected to be the most visible to stargazers this week as it gradually passes Earth for the first time in about 50,000 years. The cosmic visitor ...
LONDON — Britain will announce a plan on Tuesday to improve the environment, including a commitment to restore at least 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of wildlife habitat to protect the country’s rarest species from hedgehogs to red squirrels. The ...
Lidl has revealed plans to invest £4bn into British food businesses this year, as it charges ahead with growth plans. Lidl GB, the British arm of the German retail group, said it would accelerate the spending plans it announced in ...
Many train firms will not run any services on Wednesday or Friday as Britain’s train services will be decimated by strike action on two days this week. Train driver members of Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will ...
Barclays plans to launch a string of “banking pods” after recently announcing more branch closures. The bank said it will expand its “flexible banking formats” in response to changing customer needs. The plans include the launch of new banking pods, ...
TAIPEI/PRAGUE — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen held a telephone call with Czech President-elect Petr Pavel on Monday, a highly unusual move given the lack of formal ties between their countries and a diplomatic coup for Taipei that is sure to ...