China condemns US, Canada for sending warships through Taiwan Strait
BEIJING/TAIPEI — The Chinese military on Sunday condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait last week,...
Netflix estimates Squid Game will be worth nearly $900M
NETFLIX estimates that its latest megahit, Squid Game, will create almost $900 million in value for the company, according to figures seen by Bloomberg, underscoring the windfall that one megahit can generate in the streaming era.
Melbourne to ease world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown
MELBOURNE — Melbourne, which has spent more time under COVID-19 lockdowns than any other city in the world, is set to lift its stay-at-home orders this week, officials said on Sunday.
Pope pledges to continue being a ‘pest’ in defense of the poor
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said on Saturday he realizes some people, including within the Church, consider him to be “a pest” for defending the poor and most vulnerable, but that it won’t stop him as it is part of Christianity.
ASEAN nations exclude Myanmar junta leader from regional summit in rare move
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — Southeast Asian countries will invite a non-political representative from Myanmar to a regional summit this month, delivering an unprecedented snub to the military leader who led a coup against an elected civilian government in February.
Singapore electricity providers hit by global power crunch quit market
SINGAPORE — Two energy providers in Singapore, including one of the largest independent electricity retailers, are exiting the market and according to company sources...
England eases COVID-19 testing rules for most incoming passengers from Oct. 24
LONDON — Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from low-risk countries from Oct. 24 will no longer have to take expensive coronavirus disease 2019...
IMF panel urges central banks to closely monitor inflation, ‘act appropriately’
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Thursday urged global policy makers to monitor pricing dynamics closely, but to “look through” inflationary...
US port’s supply chain fix challenge: selling 24/7 shifts
LOS ANGELES — The Port of Los Angeles is beginning the hard work of convincing terminal operators, importers, warehouses owners and trucking firms to...
‘Fake it until you make it’: 5G marketing outpaces service reality
WASHINGTON — Mobile phone companies advertise high-speed 5G service with US maps splashed with pink or blue to suggest widespread coverage, but the latest...
Africa’s farmers click with digital tools to boost crops
NAIROBI — Until a year ago, it would take Pamela Auma a whole month to prepare the land on her farm in western Kenya for planting...
Why Britain is now the epicenter of online bank fraud
LONDON — It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna’s life.