The crisis has caused an immediate rise in fuel prices, as production and transport of oil and gas across the region has slowed or stopped entirely in many cases, but it is unclear how this may play out over the coming weeks and months.
The crisis has caused an immediate rise in fuel prices, as production and transport of oil and gas across the region has slowed or stopped entirely in many cases, but it is unclear how this may play out over the coming weeks and months.
But it said the emails had a 58% open rate - suggesting millions of people impacted did not read the statutory notification or that those who, like myself, did not have an active email registered were not warned that criminals had their data.
But it said the emails had a 58% open rate - suggesting millions of people impacted did not read the statutory notification or that those who, like myself, did not have an active email registered were not warned that criminals had their data.
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had slumped almost 80 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 4,850-point plateau although it's expected to open under water on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is negative on growing concerns over surgin...
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had slumped almost 80 points or 1.7 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 4,850-point plateau although it's expected to open under water on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is negative on growing concerns over surging energy prices. The European and U.S. markets were down and the Asian bourses are expected to open in similar fashion. The STI finished modestly higher on Thursday as the financial shares, property stocks and industrial issues ended mostly to the upside. For the day, the index added 33.81 points or 0.70 percent to finish at 4,846.56 after trading between 4,827.79 and 4,877.62. Among the actives, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT shed 0.38 percent, while CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust sank 0.42 percent, CapitaLand Investment gained 0.70 percent, City Developments and Venture Corporation both accelerated 1.97 percent, DBS Group perked 0.22 percent, DFI Retail Group spiked 2.33 percent, Genting Singapore increased 0.74 percent, Hongkong Land soared 2.52 percent, Keppel DC REIT improved 0.87 percent, Keppel Ltd jumped 1.83 percent, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust added 0.72 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust advanced 1.00 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation fell 0.29 percent, SATS climbed 1.10 percent, SembCorp Industries slumped 0.70 percent, Singapore Airlines rose 0.60 percent, Singapore Exchange rallied 1.60 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering skyrocketed 4.43 percent, SingTel strengthened 1.22 percent, Thai Beverage expanded 1.15 percent, United Overseas Bank collected 0.50 percent, UOL Group surged 3.47 percent, Wilmar International vaulted 1.48 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding tumbled 1.40 percent and Mapletree Logistics Trust and Seatrium Limited were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is weak as the major averages opened lower on Thursday and s...
As thousands of Tottenham fans streamed out of their stadium at half-time on Thursday, no one could have been in any doubt about the threat of relegation. After taking an early lead against Crystal Palace, three goals for the visitors in 12 first-half minutes - sparked by a penalty conceded and red card for Micky van de Ven - condemned Igor Tudor's side to another miserable defeat. Spurs remain th...
As thousands of Tottenham fans streamed out of their stadium at half-time on Thursday, no one could have been in any doubt about the threat of relegation. After taking an early lead against Crystal Palace, three goals for the visitors in 12 first-half minutes - sparked by a penalty conceded and red card for Micky van de Ven - condemned Igor Tudor's side to another miserable defeat. Spurs remain the only Premier League side without a victory in 2026. Their 11-match winless league run is the club's longest since 1935, when they went 15 games without winning. With nine matches to go, they remain one point above the relegation zone and in real danger of losing their Premier League status for the first time. The thousands of empty seats were telling. The fans who remained until the end met the final whistle with loud jeers as belief of survival appears to be draining from them. "Anxiety was all through the stadium," former Chelsea and England winger Joe Cole said on TNT Sports. "The whole performance was tepid. "There was no bite and no anger and the fans were feeling that. It feels like they have given up. "It looks like the fans are disillusioned, disenchanted and not believing it." When Tudor was appointed as interim boss last month, he said Tottenham "100%" wouldn't go down. It would take a brave person to say that now. "Of course i understand the fans [leaving]. It's normal, they wanted more," said the Croat, whose has lost all three of his matches in charge. "I need to choose the right guys: Who is in the boat and who will leave the boat." Tudor refused to be drawn into conversations about his future after full-time, despite questions already being raised about whether he would see out the season. Spurs fan Chris Cowlin told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I'm lost for words over what I've seen tonight. You want fight, desire and most importantly points. "It is too much for a lot of people and this is the reality that Spurs might get relegated. "When we moved to this stadium in...
Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for Guardiola Who would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securing a place in the Champions League, are wobbling. Nottingham Forest are fighting relegation. In the...
Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for Guardiola Who would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securing a place in the Champions League, are wobbling. Nottingham Forest are fighting relegation. In the Championship, Coventry are at the summit but West Brom and Leicester are in danger of dropping into League One. Wolves and third-tier Mansfield are the only Midlands sides remaining in the FA Cup and, while the latter host Arsenal, the former may quietly fancy their chances when Liverpool visit Molineux for the second time in four days. Rob Edwards’s side triumphed on Tuesday and, while it got lost amid the stoppage-time drama, he made several changes with Friday’s Cup tie in mind. “Does it have to be one or the other?” Edwards said. “No, so we are going to try and win both. It is going to be a really exciting night.” Ben Fisher Wolves v Liverpool, Friday 8pm (all kick-offs GMT) Mansfield v Arsenal, Saturday 12.15pm Wrexham v Chelsea, Saturday 5.45pm Newcastle v Manchester City, Saturday 8pm Continue reading...
The patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote robotic surgery that saved the life of a 62-year-old football fan with prostate cancer. Inside the operating theatre at St Bernard’s, the only hospital in the British overseas territory, a hi-tech robot with four arms, and fitted with a 3D camera, removed the prostate of Briton Paul Buxton, who...
The patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote robotic surgery that saved the life of a 62-year-old football fan with prostate cancer. Inside the operating theatre at St Bernard’s, the only hospital in the British overseas territory, a hi-tech robot with four arms, and fitted with a 3D camera, removed the prostate of Briton Paul Buxton, who moved to Gibraltar 40 years ago. Performing the procedure 1,500 miles away, from London’s Harley Street district, was Prof Prokar Dasgupta, a professor of urology who heads The London Clinic’s robotic centre of excellence. With the help of technology services provider Presidio, Dasgupta used a console in London to guide the Toumai Robotic System, made by Microport, through an intricate sequence of steps to successfully give Buxton a prostatectomy, a surgical removal of the prostate. The procedure went to plan with a lag of only 0.06 seconds between the surgeon in London and the robot in Gibraltar. After his unique experience, Buxton said he felt “fantastic” within days. View image in fullscreen Prof Prokar Dasgupta preparing to perform the remote telesurgery operation on 4 March. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA “A lot of people actually said to me: ‘You’re not going to do it, are you?’” Buxton said. “I thought, I’m giving something back here. “I love football – we’ve gone from being in the Championship to the Champions League as far as surgeons are concerned.” Buxton, originally from Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, said it was a “no-brainer” to be involved, telling the Press Association he was happy to be the “guinea pig”. After his cancer diagnosis, Buxton had expected to join the NHS waiting list and travel to England because of the complex nature of the operation. But then he got the opportunity to have surgery remotely, and jumped at the chance. “If I hadn’t gone for the telesurgery in Gibraltar, then I would have had to have flown to London, I would have had to go on the NHS w...
Japan could build a “China-free” supply chain for defence equipment, but doing so would be costly and could take years as Tokyo tries to reduce its reliance on a strategic rival, analysts have said. The debate gained urgency after Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi last week said Tokyo should consider creating a “China-free” supply chain for defence equipment, following Beijing’s ban on exports of ...
Japan could build a “China-free” supply chain for defence equipment, but doing so would be costly and could take years as Tokyo tries to reduce its reliance on a strategic rival, analysts have said. The debate gained urgency after Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi last week said Tokyo should consider creating a “China-free” supply chain for defence equipment, following Beijing’s ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan. Speaking during a Lower House Budget Committee session, Koizumi said reducing reliance on Chinese exports was important. Advertisement Koizumi citied his observations from a recent visit to Los Angeles, saying American drone companies did not use parts manufactured in China, and noting the importance of boosting “self-reliance”. Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has noted the importance of boosting “self-reliance”. Photo: Kyodo Grant Newsham, a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, said a “China-free” supply chain was feasible as the Japanese government was better able to influence the behaviour of private companies. Advertisement “If the ‘will’ exists and the shift is done with a focus on specific key equipment and hardware … relatively fast progress is possible. This can have a snowball effect,” Newsham said.
Explore the exciting world of Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities! *Stock prices used were the prices of Jan. 21, 2026. The video was published on March 5, 2026. Continue reading
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Asia’s $8 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves are giving central banks more firepower to defend their currencies as the escalating Middle East war drives up energy prices, a key risk for the region’s oil-importing economies. Indonesia, India and Taiwan have already stepped into markets, while China signaled support through its daily reference rate. Other authorities have so far limited themselve...
Asia’s $8 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves are giving central banks more firepower to defend their currencies as the escalating Middle East war drives up energy prices, a key risk for the region’s oil-importing economies. Indonesia, India and Taiwan have already stepped into markets, while China signaled support through its daily reference rate. Other authorities have so far limited themselves to verbal warnings as they monitor volatility. Currencies across the region have come under pressure as investors weigh the impact of higher oil prices on the import bill, inflation, growth and fiscal balances, with sharp depreciation risking capital outflows. The Indian rupee fell to a new record this week, the South Korean won hit levels last seen during the global financial crisis, and the Indonesian rupiah slid to a six-week low. “FX stability anchors financial stability and heavy speculative positioning tends to have negative feedback loop for macros and markets, more than what the fundamentals demand, thus requiring central banks to be on guard,” said Madhavi Arora , chief economist at Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. Foreign-exchange reserve piles across major central Asian banks have risen by $600 billion from the end of 2024, according to Bloomberg calculations. Authorities have been mopping up inflows over the past year, while a rally in gold prices and a weaker dollar have also raised the value of their holdings. Policymakers are now drawing on that buffer to manage the fallout from the war in Iran. The stakes are significant: a 10% rise in oil prices cuts Asia’s current account balance by about 0.3% of gross domestic product on average, according to Nomura Holdings Inc. Indonesia is intervening in currency markets and will continue “firm and consistent interventions” in offshore non-deliverable forwards as well as in onshore NDF, spot and bond markets, Bank Indonesia’s Senior Deputy Governor Destry Damayanti said Wednesday. Later in the day, Fitch Ratings ...
Canadian backpacker Piper James died “as a result of drowning” following a dingo attack at K’gari , the Queensland coroners court says. The court on Friday said Piper’s cause of death had been determined by a forensic pathologist and accepted by the investigating coroner. “Piper died as a result of drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack,” a spok...
Canadian backpacker Piper James died “as a result of drowning” following a dingo attack at K’gari , the Queensland coroners court says. The court on Friday said Piper’s cause of death had been determined by a forensic pathologist and accepted by the investigating coroner. “Piper died as a result of drowning in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack,” a spokesperson for the court said. “The investigation into Piper’s death is ongoing, and no further information can be provided at this time.” The 19-year-old’s trip to Australia ended in tragedy when she was found dead on a beach in January on the world heritage-listed island formerly known as Fraser Island off the Queensland coast. The coroners court said in January that the autopsy had found “physical evidence consistent with drowning and injuries consistent with dingo bites”. “Pre-mortem dingo bite marks are not likely to have caused immediate death. There are extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks. There is no evidence that any other person was involved.” It had been speculated that James could have entered the water to escape dingoes before drowning. K’gari is home to about 150 human inhabitants and a population of dingoes genetically distinct from those on mainland Australia. Violent dingo and human interactions have been increasing in recent years. In 2023, a pack of three dingoes rushed and bit a woman who was jogging along a beach. She ran into the ocean to escape. A dingo was shot and killed with a spear gun in 2024, and several others were put down after attacking people.
Earnings Call Insights: Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVIR) Q4 2025 Management View Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Founder, Chairman, CEO & President, reported substantial clinical progress, highlighting advancement in the global Phase III program evaluating bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir for HCV infections. He stated, "Due to the rigorous execution of our two pivotal Phase III trials, C-FORWARD and C-BEYOND, ...
Earnings Call Insights: Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AVIR) Q4 2025 Management View Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Founder, Chairman, CEO & President, reported substantial clinical progress, highlighting advancement in the global Phase III program evaluating bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir for HCV infections. He stated, "Due to the rigorous execution of our two pivotal Phase III trials, C-FORWARD and C-BEYOND, we expect top line readout this year for both trials." The company also announced the expansion of its antiviral hepatitis pipeline to include immunocompromised patients with chronic hepatitis E infection and selected AT-587 as the lead candidate for this indication. Sommadossi added, "We anticipate our cash runway will extend through 2027." Andrea Corcoran, CFO, reported, "We are pleased to report that our cash and investments were $301.8 million at December 31, 2025." She continued, "The funds expended in 2025 were principally directed to the advancement of our HCV Phase III program...and to discovery efforts leading to the nomination in January 2026 of AT-587 as the lead product candidate for the treatment of HEV." Outlook The company expects to complete enrollment for C-FORWARD by midyear and report top line results for C-BEYOND midyear, with C-FORWARD results expected by year-end. Sommadossi stated, "We anticipate initiating a first-in-human study [of AT-587] midyear." Corcoran indicated, "We expect to realize value-creating milestones for both programs and project our cash runway to extend through 2027." Financial Results As of December 31, 2025, Atea reported $301.8 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. The company returned $25 million to shareholders through a share repurchase program in 2025. Corcoran noted, "For R&D expenses quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, there was an increase in 2025 compared to 2024. The net increase in 2025 was principally driven by an increase in external spend for our HCV Phase III clinical development, offse...