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SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) – IHH Healthcare has signed a S$250 million ($196 million) sustainability-linked loan with Singapore’s biggest bank DBS that ties part of the deal to better use of antibiotics at its four Singapore hospitals, the companies said on Friday. • The loan sets targets for Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Novena, Gleneagles and Parkway East hospitals to improve checks on whether patients still need antibiotics within 72 hours […]

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) – Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia said on Friday it expected operating profit for the April-June quarter to reach 1.3 trillion yen ($8.20 billion) as the artificial intelligence boom boosts chip demand. • The maker of NAND flash memory chips reported operating profit rose 92.7% to 870.4 billion yen in the year ended March, beating estimates. • Kioxia said it is preparing to list American depositary shares […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from the Netherlands landed at RAAF Base Pearce outside the Western Australia state capital, Perth. The passengers and crew were to be moved to the nearby Bullsbrook quarantine facility. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — India raised fuel prices by 3 rupees ($0.03) per liter Friday as the government moved to offset losses due to higher global oil prices. In New Delhi, gasoline prices rose to 97.77 rupees ($1.17) a liter, while diesel climbed to 90.67 rupees ($1.09) a liter. India imports about 90% of its oil and has been hit hard by rising energy prices and supply disruptions linked to […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly retreated Friday and South Korea’s Kospi gave up gains after reaching an all-time high, as investors watch for developments from the Iran war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. U.S. futures edged down after Wall Street reached fresh records. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 61,880.04 after rising earlier in the day. South Korea’s Kospi lost […]

Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener. Grichuk hit a two-run home run in the first inning and then drove in two more with a single in third as Chicago won its fifth straight game. The White Sox also won five […]

Emmet Sheehan threw six strong innings, Alex Call hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth and the Los Angeles Dodgers closed a four-game series with a 5-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Thursday. Will Smith opened the game with a home run and Teoscar Hernandez had three hits as the Dodgers won the final two games of the series after starting the season 1-4 against the […]

By Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) – The global bond market limped to the end of a bruising week on Friday, as growing evidence of economic damage from the Iran war prompts investors to assume interest rates will rise faster than expected and growth will suffer.   U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest since in around a year as traders anticipate the Federal Reserve may need to hike rates to […]

BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) – After talks on trade, Taiwan and Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping showed off the centuries-old trees in Beijing’s walled-off Zhongnanhai compound, where he strolled with U.S. President Donald Trump in the concluding hours of their summit. A former imperial garden that now houses the offices of the ruling Communist Party and the state council, or China’s cabinet, the compound is adjacent to the capital’s famed […]