Zero or negative interest rates incentivise risky investing and many are putting money into higher-risk asset classes for the first time in pursuit of returns

China has reported just one Covid-19 fatality this year, retaining a tough line even as many other countries ease restrictions

The government said it will also temporarily reduce the VTL quotas and ticket sales for travel after January 20

Foreign visitors who had earlier registered for the Test and Go scheme can still enter the country but have to take an additional polymerase chain reaction test

Omicron infections are multiplying rapidly across Europe, the US and Asia, including in Japan where a single cluster at a military base has grown to at least 180 cases

In some cases, companies are paying up to five times what they paid a few months ago when the workers could fly in via quarantine-free vaccinated travel lanes

Asian stocks and oil prices sank Monday on fears about the surge of Omicron coronavirus cases after the future of US President Joe Biden's massive social spending bill was thrown into doubt

Data compiled by Enterprise Singapore showed amount raised rose more than five times from the $86 million in 2016 to $464 million last year

In a sector long regarded as a hotbed of mergers and acquisitions, the total value of deals struck this year hit $81 billion, a third lower than 2020

Ractopamine is permitted for use in food producing animals in more than 20 countries, including Australia, the US, Canada and Japan

Caina Technology, YiDong Electronics Technology and Ningbo Tianyi Medical Appliance will be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange

The confirmation brings the total number of Omicron infections recorded in the city to 14 – all imported