Energy companies are raising money again from Wall Street at superlow borrowing costs, thanks in part to higher oil prices. The one thing most investors don’t want them to do with it is pump more crude. Speculative-grade energy companies, including oil producers, pipeline operators and refineries, have issued bonds in […]
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Singapore – This is a new regular series featuring the latest news in watches and all things horological. It helps when your head honcho is a 26-year-old avid gamer. Under chief executive officer Frederic Arnault’s stewardship, Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer has teamed up with Nintendo to come up with […]
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SINGAPORE – In an ideal match, Loh Kean Yew would soar, his racket reaching an apex of almost three metres, and blast cross-court smashes of over 300kmh into the corners. In rallies, he would scramble and do splits to retrieve well-placed shots, but frequently find the golf ball-sized sweet spot […]
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LONDON – K-pop mega boy band NCT’s Taeil has broken the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram. According to the Guinness World Records website on Tuesday (July 13), the 27-year-old, whose full name is Moon Tae-il, reached seven digits worth of followers in just […]
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Organizers have not announced what rules will be in place for athletes, officials and coaches at the Games or if fans will be allowed. ZHANGJIAKOU, Hebei — With the postponed Summer Olympics set to open in Tokyo next week, Beijing has made moves to show its preparations for the Winter […]
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GENEVA – New data by two leading U.N. agencies find the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine life-saving immunization services for millions of children, many of whom risk dying from vaccine-preventable diseases. The World Health Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund report 23 million children missed out last year on vaccines against […]
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SINGAPORE – After it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival returned to the French Riviera for its 74th edition on July 6. It marked the first major film festival to return in a fully physical format since Covid-19 struck – aside from a […]
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With the postponed Summer Olympics set to open in Tokyo next week, Beijing has made moves to show its preparations for the Winter Games are well on track for February despite the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journalists taken on a tour of snow event venues in the outlying […]
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CANNES, FRANCE (AFP) – A biopic of Canadian singer Celine Dion offered some light relief from the usual gritty arthouse fare at Cannes. Aline: The Voice Of Love is one of the least pretentious music biopics in memory, presenting Dion, 53, as a gawky nerd who nonetheless sailed from child […]
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This article first appeared in Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, the leading fashion glossy on the best of style, beauty, design, travel and the arts. Go to harpersbazaar.com.sg and follow @harpersbazaarsg on Instagram; harpersbazaarsingapore on Facebook. The July 2021 issue is out on news-stands now. SINGAPORE – With her art history background and past experience assisting at the South-east Asian Paintings […]
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