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LAs Staples Center to be renamed after cryptocurrency firm

One of the biggest sports and entertainment venues in the US, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will be renamed after a cryptocurrency company in…

Decathlon halts canoe sales to curb English Channel migrant crossings

Sporting retailer Decathlon has pulled canoes from sale in northern France to stop migrants from using them to cross the English Channel.

The…

Deadly storm cuts transport links around Vancouver

A deadly storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century weather event has severed road and rail links around Vancouver, Canada.

Two motorways…

Adequate or not. Analysts mixed on 6% subsidy clawback for Rochor flats under new prime location model

SINGAPORE: A 6 per cent subsidy recovery – imposed on the resale of flats from the first housing project under the Prime Land Housing…

Making Singapore stocks sexy is a job for its staid firms

The key to infusing some excitement into Singapore’s sleepy stock market is to make special situations such as acquisitions and privatizations…

Singapore Sentences Second Malaysian-Indian To Death For Drug Trafficking

Singapore:  A 39-year-old Indian origin Malaysian who was caught with a bag of drugs in 2018 has been sentenced to death by a Singapore court…

El-Erian says he bought bitcoin but sold too early — heres when hed feel comfortable buying again

Famed economist Mohamed El-Erian says he bought some bitcoin a few years ago — but misjudged when to sell due to “behavioral…

Sweden: Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murder after children thrown from window of flat

Two children fell "from a great height" from their flat in western Stockholm late on Sunday, and one of them has died. Local media reports suggest…