(Reuters) - BlackRock CIO of global fixed income Rick Rieder told CNBC on Wednesday that the world's largest asset manager has started to "dabble a bit" in bitcoin.
(The Global Finance & Markets Breaking News team)
China will give 800,000 shots of coronavirus vaccine to Nepal, its ambassador said, up from half a million promised earlier. The gift is to support Nepal’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Hou Yanqi said in a Twitter post late on Monday. India has already gifted a million shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine that it makes to help its Himalayan neighbour kick off its immunisation programme in January.
You can shop the collection from today onwards at Sephora Singapore, and prices start from S$24 for a Tea Rose eye mask set to S$120 for a brush set.
KUCHING, March 2 — The Sarawak government launched today Malaysia’s first-ever public bus running on electric power in Kuching City. State Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim...
India has created the Co-WIN website and mobile application for registering vaccine beneficiaries and scheduling appointments.
Kakao M ended their licensing agreement with Spotify on 1 March, which resulted in hundreds of K-pop songs removed from the streaming platform.
The actor is inspired to do so after participating in various relief missions
Australia has freed dozens of refugees after holding them in detention for years under a policy designed to deter people from seeking asylum in the country, advocates said Tuesday.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Approximately RM65.9 billion worth of potential investments are currently being evaluated by the government for this year and for 2022, the Malaysian Investment Development...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Approved total domestic and foreign investments for Malaysia stood at RM164 billion for 2020, a drop from the previous year as opportunities took a hit due to Covid-19. In...
The leader of Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Tuesday he is in no rush to travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, and that Beijing's proposals to get Taiwan to accept Communist rule had "no market" on the island. The KMT ruled China before retreating to Taiwan at the end of a civil war with the Communists in 1949. While ties across the Taiwan Strait have improved dramatically in the last three decades, Beijing continues to claim Taiwan as its own territory.
Local actor Terence Cao was charged on Tuesday (2 March) over a gathering of 13 individuals, including other celebrities, at his condominium unit in October last year.
Former captain Gayle last played for West Indies in a one-day international against India in 2019 in what he then described as his last international appearance. Gayle has kept himself busy in T20 leagues across the world and played two matches for Quetta Gladiator in the ongoing Pakistan Super League before returning to Antigua. The 41-year-old, who was part of the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup-winning teams, said he was focussed on clinching the three-match home series but the bigger target is to defend their T20 title in this year's World Cup beginning in October.
TrustNordisk has closed key territory sales on “Riders of Justice,” Anders Thomas Jensen’s dark comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen. “Riders of Justice” revolves around a military man Markus (Mikkelsen), who returns home to his teenage daughter after his wife dies in a tragic train accident. When a passenger on the wrecked train surfaces with claims of […]
‘There is no other place like it.’ This article, Unwilling to share its home of 31 years, The Substation will close, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
Myanmar's junta will face regional pressure Tuesday to end a deadly crackdown on anti-coup protesters, after some Southeast Asian powers broke diplomatic traditions and delivered unusually harsh rebukes.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should find a replacement for Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara Kumar if the deputy Federal Territories minister can’t be in Malaysia to...
The actor says that he has persuaded the family to let him hold the service
Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon travels to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived together long ago in harmony.
Australian police said on Tuesday an investigation into a rape allegation against an unidentified cabinet minister was closed after authorities concluded there was insufficient evidence. Several opposition Australian lawmakers said late last week they had received a letter detailing an allegation of rape against a male cabinet minister before he entered parliament. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the allegation had been referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), although the minister had "vigorously rejected" the allegation in a conversation with him.
The singer's support to Taiwanese farmers were seen as him supporting Taiwan Independence
