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Pressure to bring back jobs
GOING into 2021, the revival and creation of jobs will be the big thing as economies struggle to recover from the devastating pandemic.
Asian businesses suffer Lunar New Year blues over travel curbs
SINGAPORE: From a skyway operator in Australia to a tourist guide on Indonesia's resort island of Bali and a lion dance troupe in Malaysia, Asia's travel industry is hurting as coronavirus curbs keep most people home for the Lunar New Year.
Oil price steady as COVID-19 cases, lockdowns dampen vaccination news
NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as the most populous U.S. state tightened its pandemic lockdown through Christmas and COVID-19 cases surged in the United States and Europe, counteracting optimism that arose over vaccine advancements
Stocks rise after upbeat vaccine news, Nasdaq at record high
NEW YORK: Global equity indexes rose and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted record closing highs on Tuesday after encouraging COVID-19 vaccine news, while Brexit deal talks weighed on sterling.
India faces lost generation as virus pushes children to work
NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic is forcing India’s children out of school and into farms and factories to work, worsening a child-labour problem that was already one of the most dire in the world.
Masked and standing apart, the world tiptoes out of lockdown
ROME/WASHINGTON: Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries tentatively easing coronavirus lockdowns on Monday to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a million
‘Match man’ stays fired up
FOR thouÂsands of years, the anÂcient ChiÂnese started fires like other anÂcient culÂtures – they used small pieces of wood or twisted rope as kinÂdling; struck flint against rocks conÂtainÂing iron pyrite or steel; or used coals kept burnÂing in shells, bone or horn.
Grab faces Tesla taxis in Indonesia’s cab war
JAKARTA: In 2015, the shares of Indonesia’s largest cab company were soaring, while its revenue reached a record high. Then came Uber, followed by Grab and Gojek, South-East Asia’s answer to the revolutionary ride-hailing app.
