Month: May 2023

A more consistent regulatory framework for cryptoassets could be created if international regulators adopt policy recommendations being made by a global standard setter for securities markets.

Bhutto Zardari, 34, ‘wouldn’t have shot up to the very senior post of foreign minister without the military’s blessing’, one analyst notes.

Thai police, who hired the journalist as a coordinator due to her fluency in Chinese and overseas connections, will pursue legal action against her for using deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn’s name to solicit bribes.

The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said Bangladesh has millions of ‘new poor’, hovering just above poverty line and at high risk of falling below it.

Before the ban, Indonesia was Singapore’s major supplier of sea sand for land expansion, shipping more than 53 million tonnes on average per year between 1997 and 2002.

Experts say China is trying to position itself as an alternative security partner to the US, as it steps up ‘military diplomacy’ joint exercises.

The city state’s sovereign wealth fund said its senior management and investment team were ‘ultimately responsible’ for investing in the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, which resulted in a US$275 million writedown.

Malaysia sees boosting renewable energy exports, principally to Singapore, as the logical way to fund its ambitious energy transition plans.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire businessman who amassed a fortune in Russia before serving as Georgia’s leader, put more than US$1.1 billion into a trust overseen by the bank’s Singapore subsidiary, and an employee ‘misappropriated millions’.

Risks of the side hustle culture include overwork, stress and legal implications of holding a second job in addition to the full-time one, but some Gen Z say it helps keep their passion and interests alive.