AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Feb. 16-22, 2024
Asian news from Singapore
Ride-hailing giant Grab posts first profitable quarter, announces $500 million share buyback
SINGAPORE — Grab posted its first-ever profitable quarter, raking in $11 million in profit, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant said in its fourth-quarter earnings report Thursday.
Singapore Airshow’s record numbers, China’s C919, raise hopes of post Covid-19 boom
“‘Worst transport experience’: Crawling traffic, long waits for rides frustrate Singapore Airshow visitors”, ran a headline in local newspaper the Straits Times.
China markets inch higher to clock nine straight days of gains as investors digest property price data
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Singapore investigates money changer over suspected fraudulent trading
A probe into a 43-year-old woman and 34-year-old man, who are respectively the director and compliance manager of Samlit, has started on Friday, according to a joint statement by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the city state’s police.
China’s stealth military device, Singapore’s grant for Taylor Swift, Hong Kong talent scheme earners: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
A team of scientists and engineers in China claim to have developed a new-generation plasma stealth device that can make almost any military aircraft vanish from a radar screen.
Singaporean woman dies in go-kart crash during holiday on Indonesia’s Batam island
A Singaporean woman died in a go-karting accident on the Indonesian island of Batam on Wednesday.