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As SM Lanang continues to meet the growing demand for premium lifestyle brands in Mindanao, it proudly welcomes Cole Haan, a time-honored American heritage brand, to its roster. This marks the brand’s first-ever VisMin branch, bringing over 90 years of craftsmanship, design, and comfort to the southern region. Founded in 1928, Cole Haan has long […]
Operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) of the Nigerian police in Abuja have arrested the Group Managing Director, Sujimoto Holdings, Olasijibomi Ogundele, over an alleged fraud involving $325,000 he received from a client. The FCID launched an investigation into how Mr Ogundele’s real estate firm, Sujimoto Construction Limited, received $325,000 from a client […]
Madeleine Atkins and Freddy Boey launch the program offering one-year full-time master’s grants at Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambrige. SING TAO Eunice Lam The City University of Hong Kong has launched a five-year scholarship program alongside Lucy Cavendish College at Cambridge University, offering HK$10 million in scholarships to 20 homegrown […]
Leon Wang China’s probe into AstraZeneca has reached its uppermost echelons, ensnaring local president Leon Wang and questioning the future of the most successful Western pharmaceutical company in the country. The investigation is focused on aggressive sales tactics used in at least two of its oncology drugs – the lung cancer treatment Tagrisso and […]
Cafe de Coral has reverted to offering Anchor butter from New Zealand after changing its butter supplier led to customer dissatisfaction. The controversy sparked after Cafe de Coral recently switched to a less popular brand “Treasure” for its breakfast butter. The new product labeled as “slightly salted spreadable” on the box but missing […]
Photo taken on July 15, 2024, shows red tiles to be used for the reconstruction of the main hall of the Shuri Castle in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. A 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of […]
After 10 months in captivity, Kaduna-based doctor Ganiyat Popoola has regained freedom from her abductors. Mrs Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, was abducted in December 2023 alongside her husband, Nurdeen Popoola, and nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy. While her husband had since been released after a ransom was […]
The foreign ministry said the unanimous election of law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said was a historical milestone that reinforced the nation’s commitment to anti-corruption efforts. PUTRAJAYA: Law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said has been elected as the president of the 13th Session of the Assembly of Parties (AoP) of the […]
BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship for export at Taicang Port in Suzhou. AFP Cici Cao and agencies The European Union has decided to increase tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45.3 percent at the end of its highest-profile trade investigation that has divided Europe and prompted […]
An upcoming second branch of Luckin Coffee has been spotted at Metro City Plaza Central in Tseung Kwan O after its first location in Tsim Sha Tsui’s Mira Place shopping mall sparked a frenzy of online chatter, with the largest mainland coffee chain seemingly showing confidence in expanding its services to Hong Kong. […]