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Waymo under scrutiny after hitting child near Santa Monica elementary school
A Waymo self-driving taxi recently struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, triggering an investigation into the incident by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Bitcoin drops below US$86,000 as traders retreat from risk assets
Published Fri, Jan 30, 2026 · 12:20 AM[NEW YORK] Bitcoin dropped below US$86,000 for the first time in about six weeks amid a pullback in risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency...
Petronas to beef up exploration and production in next three years
This includes maintaining domestic output at close to two million barrels of oil equivalent a day between 2026 and 2028Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 09:56 PM[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s...
China plans space‑based AI data centres, challenging Musk’s SpaceX ambitions
The Chinese nation and the US are competing to become the first to exploit the military and strategic advantages of space dominancePublished Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 09:17 PM[BEIJING]...
CapitaLand Ascott Trust H2 DPS inches up 0.8% to S$0.0358
The rise in H2 FY2025 DPS follows a 4% growth in revenue to S$439.1 million for the half year[SINGAPORE] CapitaLand Ascott Trust (Clas) on Thursday (Jan 29) posted a...
India’s Bharat Petroleum plans Singapore trading hub to cut costs and boost margins
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 08:08 PM[MUMBAI] India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) will open a trading office in Singapore next month, as the state-owned refiner seeks to become...
Silicon Valley is driving users to ditch keyboards and spend hours talking to their tech
Gavin McNamara has abandoned his keyboard and spends all day talking rather than typing. He speaks for hours with his computer and phone, sending emails, writing presentations, posting on...
Japan’s Mitsui OSK, PSA Singapore to form RoRo terminal JV in Singapore
Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 06:13 PM[SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines, Japan’s second-largest shipping company, said on Thursday (Jan 29) that it had agreed with PSA Singapore to create...
Nokia chair to step down, AI push supports Q4 profit
The company is carrying out one of its biggest restructuring drives since it sold its mobile phone business Published Thu, Jan 29, 2026 · 05:01 PM[ESPOO, Finland] Finland’s Nokia...
SIA and Malaysia Airlines tie-up formalised after Malaysian approval
[SINGAPORE] A joint business partnership between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines was formalised on Thursday (Jan 29), following Malaysian authorities’ approval earlier this month.Potential initiatives in the tie-up include...
Forced TikTok US sale may turbocharge ByteDance’s Asia expansion, with S-E Asia to gain: analysts
Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment[SINGAPORE] The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese...
Bursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
[KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing...