The global economy is increasingly at risk of sliding into recession, surveys showed on Tuesday, as consumers faced with generation-high inflation rein in spending while central banks are tightening policy aggressively just when support is needed. And supply chains yet...
Japan will restart more idled nuclear plants and look at developing next-generation reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a major policy shift on nuclear energy a decade after the Fukushima disaster. The comments from...
Singapore will do away with requirements to wear masks indoors starting Aug. 29, as the country sees its COVID-19 situation stabilise further, the health minister said on Wednesday. For the first time in more than two years, people in the...
Japan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. Japan has maintained some of the strictest pandemic border measures among major...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s new prison lodgings may be less than an hour’s drive from his mansion in Kuala Lumpur’s affluent Bukit Tunku neighbourhood, but it is a world away from the luxury he is used to. Najib...
Asian cities seeking leapfrog solutions to meet climate and infrastructure goals are partnering with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under its Creating Investable Cities initiative. Collaborations with Makassar in Indonesia, Penang in Malaysia, Tbilisi in Georgia, and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia...
Current trends indicate that two third of the world’s total population should be online by this time next year, with the expectation of connected activity continuing to increase. The Internet has been growing at an incredible rate with 27,000 new...
PTAS Marine Sdn Bhd recently held a Conditional Offer of Employment signing ceremony for Deck Rating trainees to mark the end of their three-month pre-sea training at Brunei Maritime Academy (BMA), Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE) Jefri Bolkiah Campus,...
Excelling her International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP), Nur Natalia Affiqah Zainal Abidin, student of International School Brunei (ISB) achieved a perfect score of 45. Natalia Affiqah was granted the scholarship to study IB at ISB by the Board of...
Brunei Shell Marketing Company (BSM) recently launched the Fill Safe, Feel Safe 2022 campaign, the fourth installment since its debut in 2014. In his welcoming remarks, Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Yang Berhormat Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary Pengiran Dato...
