Views: 9Woman loses $67k after believing scammer’s lie that she wrongly bought WeChat ‘anti-scam insurance’ SINGAPORE – A woman lost most of her savings after she believed a scammer’s lie that she had mistakenly bought insurance coverage from WeChat and paid $67,500, hoping to cancel the policy. Ironically, the policy was called “protection from […]
Views: 8Trump spared jail in sentencing for hush money case US President-elect Donald Trump has been given a sentence of unconditional discharge on all counts for his conviction over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. The result means Trump will not face jail time or fines but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt
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Views: 9Indonesia welcomes entry into BRICS bloc Indonesia welcomed on Tuesday Brazil’s announcement that it had become a full member of BRICS, a bloc of developing economies increasingly seen as a counterweight to the West. The Brazilian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Southeast Asia’s most populous country “shares with the
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Views: 114 Singaporeans arrested in Geylang drug raid; over $1m worth of drugs seized Three men and a woman were arrested following a drug raid carried out by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in Geylang on Saturday (Jan 4). All four suspects are Singaporeans, CNB said in a statement on Monday. CNB officers arrested the first two
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Views: 9Motorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m. Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; £1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Toyosu Fish Market
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Views: 21Project developers Kosmos Energy and bp have officially opened the first well of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Senegal and Mauritania, representing a crucial first step towards the culmination of the project DAKAR, Senegal, January 2, 2025/APO Group/ –Senegal and Mauritania have achieved a historic milestone with the start of operations at the
Views: 11Modern payroll platforms are cutting through cross-border payroll issues that erode business performance JOHANNESBURG, South Africa; Can global payroll truly exist in an era where business is increasingly international, and employees work from more places and locations than the office? More specifically, organisations need a single, global payroll platform with configuration, scalability, and compliance
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Views: 7Slovakia brings its grievances to Brussels after Ukraine’s gas transit ‘sabotage’ Slovakia’s coalition government will discuss retaliatory measures to take against Ukraine after it halted the flow of Russian gas through its territory to Slovakia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday (2 December). Fico said in a video message posted on
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Views: 7Tesla posts a sales drop for the first time in 9 years. Increased competition and concern from buyers about the price of electric vehicles means lower-than-average sales for the US company behind the Cybertruck. Tesla’s global annual sales fell for the first time in at least 9 years, new company data shows. The company
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Views: 9Russia halts gas exports to Europe via Ukraine, Kyiv hails ‘historic event’ Russian natural gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine to Europe were halted in the early hours of New Year’s Day as a transit deal expired and warring Moscow and Kyiv have failed to reach an agreement to continue the flows. The shutdown of Russia‘s oldest gas route to Europe ends
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