Archive for the January 1, 2018
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A Singapore bar that bills itself as the world's highest cryptocurrency club is offering a New Year's Eve package that includes a limousine pick-up and butler service - but it'll cost you a whole bitcoin.
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Singapore's economy grew 3.5 percent in 2017 on the back of improved productivity as well as a pick-up in the global economy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday. Singapore's trade-reliant economy has enjoyed
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The German government will probably lose a 150 million-euro government-backed loan to insolvent Air Berlin because the European Union opposed Lufthansa's purchase of Air Berlin's Austrian unit, Niki, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's
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One of the season's traditional curtain-raisers, the Qatar Open, begins Monday but with the late withdrawal of Novak Djokovic the tournament is shorn of its usual A-list headline acts. Djokovic, the champion in Doha for
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Hosts Australia made a strong start to the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Sunday, beating Canada 2-1. World number 25 Daria Gavrilova gave the home team the initial ascendancy with a straight-sets win
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FIFA tried to contact Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov over accusations of doping in Russian football and will do so again after samples have been re-tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), world football's governing body
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Punjab University clinched the trophy after securing first position in the All Pakistan Inter-University Archery Women Championship which concluded under the aegis of Directorate of Sports Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan on Sunday. Vice Chancellor
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Former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons has been appointed coach of Afghanistan as the country prepares for its first Test match, it was announced Sunday. The war-torn nation was awarded Test status in June, along
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Atletico Madrid unveiled new signings Diego Costa and Vitolo on Sunday as the Spanish club's transfer ban finally comes to an end. Atletico had been unable to register new signings in last summer's transfer window
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Virat Kohli' rivalry with fellow batting star AB de Villiers is likely to provide a compelling side-show in the three-Test series between South Africa and India starting at Newlands on Friday. "It's not like only
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