The Business Times

Landed home prices set to stay firm, if not trend upwards In this piece, List Sotheby's International Realty contributors Han Huan Mei and Cheong Choon Ghee predict that demand for landed property, especially in prime lo…

Hong Kong to require rapid Covid tests for students as school resumes Officials are still ironing out details such as how frequent the tests should be conducted and how many positive cases would warrant a school suspensi…

Tesla may start mining lithium as Musk cites battery metal cost Lithium is a key component in electric vehicle batteries and so automakers are racing to secure supplies, expecting surge in demand amid a global push for t…

#BTLifestyle: Chanel's watchmaking reaches new heights Chanel is rising fast in the world of horology even though the French maison only branched into watchmaking in 1987. Check out a few key pieces from its latest colle…

Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years after slap In addition to the Oscars, the film world's most prestigious awards, the board banned Smith from all other academy events and programmes, in person or virtu…

UBS lifts junior banker pay for a second time to rival Wall Street The Swiss bank increased base salaries for first-year analysts in the US to US$110,000, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to b…

China's health system faces raft of challenges as Omicron hits This article takes stock of China's long list of obstacles in keeping its massive populace Covid-free — including vaccination rates, hospital resourcing, the…

#BTLifestyle: A new chapter for Tetsuya Wakuda Fans of the acclaimed celebrity chef will get a second helping of his cuisine when his eponymous new restaurant, which also houses the refurbished Waku Ghin, opens on Apr 17…

Russia, Ukraine 'willing to hold talks' in Turkey "Both Russia and Ukraine are willing to hold the talks in Turkey but they are far away from agreeing on a common text," the official said. There are "some issues pending"…

Ex-Goldman banker convicted of bribery, money laundering conspiracy charges in 1MDB case The jury convicted Ng of 2 counts of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) through bribery and circumventi…

Saudi Arabia expands haj to 1 million pilgrims, easing Covid curbs Pilgrims to Mecca this year must be under age 65 and fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the ministry of Hajj and Umrah said in a statement carried…

Taiwan to move away from zero-Covid strategy: minister The decision leaves China — and its financial hub Hong Kong — as the only major economy still sticking to the strategy even as Omicron breaks through those defences.