China appoints naval commander as defence minister 2 months after Li's ouster

China on Friday named naval commander General Dong Jun as the new defence minister, two months after the summary dismissal of General Li Shangfu without any explanation. IMAGE: China's Defence......

After foreign minister, China sacks missing defence minister

After keeping mum for nearly two months, China on Tuesday formally sacked its missing defence minister Gen. Li Shangfu who met the same fate as his former Cabinet colleague and foreign minister Qin......

Is Xi Losing Control Over Power?

Two of Xi Jinping's chosen officials have disappeared from view, an indication of turmoil in Xi's government, months after he installed a collection of loyalist leaders in his cabinet, observes Dr......

Chinese defence minister missing, rumoured to have been detained

Speculation about the missing Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu may have been removed and detained became rife after he was conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Central Military......

Singapore Airlines to get 25.1% stake in enlarged Air India group

Singapore Airlines' deal with Tata Sons (Tata) will inject a further SGD 360 million ($267 million) into Air India. It will give SIA a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India group following......

Ambani among those setting up family business offices in Singapore

Ambani is in good company. The likes of ultra-rich individuals like hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio and co-founder of Google Sergey Brin have chosen Singapore to establish their family offices. So......

Singapore Airlines confirms Vistara-Air India merger discussions

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is engaged in confidential talks with Tata Sons for merging Vistara with Air India, the flagship carrier of the Republic of Singapore informed the stock exchange in the......

Spain Masters: Sikki-Sumeeth knocked out in semis

IMAGE: India's mixed doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy and B Sumeeth Reddy. Photograph: BAI Media/X India's challenge in the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 tournament ended in Madrid on Saturday after......

Spain Masters: Sindhu goes down fighting, Sikki-Sumeeth enter semis

IMAGE: PV Sindhu crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Spain Masters. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters India's PV Sindhu fought her heart out before going down narrowly to Thailand's......

Srikanth in semis after 16 months at Swiss Open

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth will take on Chinese Taipei's world No. 22 Lin Chun-Yi in the semi-finals on Saturday. Photograph: Olympic Khel/Twitter Kidambi Srikanth is the lone Indian survivor at the......

Srikanth, Rajawat in quarters of Swiss Open; Sindhu, Sen bow out

IMAGE: Kidambi Srikanth secured a place in the quarterfinals by defeating top seed Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia. Photograph: Claus Fisker/Reuters Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's run at the Swiss......

Srikanth, Sen storm into Swiss Open second round

Photograph: Kind courtesy Badminton Association of India/X Former champion Kidambi Srikanth and in-form Lakshya Sen produced impressive performances to progress to the men's singles second round......