The Business Times

Lawsuit says Google, Facebook chiefs agreed to market pact A coalition of US states accuses the online search colossus of seeking to oust competition by manipulating ad auctions — the sophisticated system that determines…

#BTLuxe — CNY edition: Here's our second interview featuring Singaporean trailblazers born in the year of the Tiger — Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre CEO Low Sze Wee. Low shares how back in university, he was studying…

Japan team carries out world-first spinal cord stem cell trial It transplanted stem cells into a patient with a spinal cord injury. But the trial's lead professor notes there remains "lots of work to be done" before the…

Netflix raises monthly subscription prices in US, Canada The standard plan, which allows for 2 simultaneous streams, now costs US$15.49 per month, up from US$13.99, in the United States.

US finds highly pathogenic bird flu in wild duck, first case since 2016 The virus, Eurasian H5 avian influenza, was found in a wild duck that was hunted in Colleton County, in the southern part of South Carolina, officia…

North Korea fired railway-borne missiles in third test this year Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday's launches, fired from a train, flew a distance of 430 km at an altitude of 36 km. It was Pyongyang's third weapo…

Singapore workers who refuse vaccination risk losing their jobs From Saturday (Jan 15), a prior concession that allowed unvaccinated employees who test negative to go to workplaces will be removed, according to a governm…

Thailand and Indonesia unveil plans to develop molnupiravir Covid-19 pill The molnupiravir Covid-19 treatment pill for adult patients at risk of developing severe illness was jointly developed by US-based Merck & Co Inc…