Opinion: Bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs, meme stocks — all those pandemic investment darlings are crashing

Since so many of these novel investments were pitched as countercyclical alternatives to conventional stocks and bonds — that they'd save investors from a bear market — it's proper to examine how they've failed to fulfil that promise.

Singapore PM and wife to receive royal honours from Johor Sultan

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will receive Johor's highest state honour from Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, while his wife, Ho Ching, will receive a state award, at an investiture ceremony in Johor on Friday (May 6).

Tanzanians urged to learn Chinese language as a bridge to opportunities

DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The government of Tanzania on Tuesday urged citizens to learn the Chinese language which it described as a bridge to opportunities, including employment.

No place for fake professors either

Aside from fake Datuk titles, there are also cases where people falsely proclaim themselves to be professors.

Hong Kong migration to Canada soars to levels unseen since 1998, as ‘domino effect’ draws workers, students, returnees

Migration from Hong Kong to Canada has soared to levels not seen since 1998, the year after the city’s handover to China, according to new data.

Saifuddin writes official letter to US Secretary of State in BM

KUALA LUMPUR: In line with efforts to elevate Bahasa Malaysia (the Malay language) to the international level, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah has sent an official letter in the national language to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Asean News Headlines as at 9pm on Wednesday (March 23)

News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 23)

PM to confer with Asean leaders on making Malay second language of bloc

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will confer with Asean leaders to propose the use of the Malay language as Asean's second language, in efforts to elevate the mother tongue at the international level.

Women’s rights: Progress or regress?

We need to put our heads and hearts together to see how our patriarchal past can accommodate the contemporary demand for equality and dignity.

Withdraw appeal against decision granting Malaysian women equal citizenship rights