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US President Donald Trump, apparently impatient with the slow progress of negotiations, on Monday slapped 25 per cent unilateral tariffs on Japan and South Korea and equal or higher import taxes on several other nations ahead of a self-imposed Wednesday deadline. Analysts said the move shows that the mercurial American... Read More

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI/KUALA LUMPUR – The politely-worded letters arrived in waves, laying out the consequences for Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and others for failing to strike a deal in time to ward off the elevated tariffs unilaterally announced by President Donald Trump in early April and then paused until July 9.... Read More

Apple’s top executive in charge of artificial intelligence models, Ruoming Pang, is leaving the company for Meta Platforms, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Pang, manager in charge of the company’s Apple foundation models team, will join Meta’s new superintelligence team for a compensation... Read More

  SPL will be an eight-team, three-round league SPL2 to replace Under-21 league Single squad of between 36 and 50 players for SPL and SPL2 competitions Minimum of four local players to be on field at all times in SPL; minimum of six local players, four of those to be... Read More

It’s encouraging to see the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) introducing changes to the Singapore Premier League (SPL) ( FAS introduces enhancements to SPL, with increase in prize money and foreign player quota , July 2). But despite good intentions, some decisions raise concerns. Modifications to the competition format have... Read More