Chinese tech stocks are hitting highs not seen in more than a year after China’s central bank announced measures to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy. The central bank on Friday lowered interest rates and injected liquidity into the banking system as Beijing assembled a last-ditch...

This week, an unexpected turn of events at the start of a much-anticipated criminal trial of Singapore's former transport minister S Iswaran. The landmark trial marks the first time in 50 years that a political office holder was put in the dock.  The 62 year-old pleaded guilty after prosecutors...