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They fled from their home countries. Now, they'll compete in Paris for the Refugee Olympic Team
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 minutes agoAfter fleeing war and persecution at home, 36 athletes from 11 countries will compete in the Paris...
Japanese yen surges, traders use soft inflation to punish dollar
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 hour agoThe dollar dropped by as much as 2.5% against the yen, set for the biggest daily decline since late...
Athletics-Canadian sprinter De Grasse peaking right on time for Paris Olympics
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 hour agoCanadian sprinter Andre De Grasse thrives on sport's biggest stages - the brighter the lights, the...
Japanese clothing brand Shoo-La-Rue selling T-shirts emblazoned with names of random Scottish places
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoA Japanese clothing brand is generating online buzz for its T-shirts emblazoned with the names of...
Stock markets rise after Powell hints at US rate cut
AFP News via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 hours agoAsian and European stock markets rose Thursday following more record-highs on Wall Street as Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell hinted at a September cut...
Controversial new play ‘TERF’ about J.K. Rowling to debut at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 hours agoAccio controversy! ‘TERF’, a new one-act play which is set to premiere next month at the Edinburgh...
Sekai secures Naruto’s license to develop consumer apps for anime fans
TechCrunch via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 hours agoJust like in your favorite anime, this is the story of a young group of twentysomethings who started...
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Reuters SG via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 4 hours ago...in Woodside, making it the energy giant's second-largest shareholder, an exchange filing showed. ** Singapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT and sponsor Keppel are set to buy a data centre in Tokyo for 23.4 billion yen ($145 million), in the REIT's first Japanese...
Bather rescued 80km from Japan beach after 36 hours
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 hours agoThe woman was rescued off the Boso peninsula south of Tokyo [Getty Images] A woman who went swimming in Japan has been rescued after being swept 80km (50...
Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 hours agoJapan's coast guard launched a search for the woman, identified only as a Chinese national in her...