MANILA, 21 Sept 2022: Developing Asian economies would expand slower than predicted but will nevertheless exceed China for the first time in 30 years, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said …
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Sept 2022: A recent study found that four of every five families who move into affordable housing – also called low and medium cost (LMC) housing, such …
BEIRUT, 17 Sept 2022: The Association of Banks in Lebanon yesterday said all branches will be closed for three days next week after multiple banks have been held up by …
KABUL, 16 Sept 2022: The Taliban today called the US move to transfer US$3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets to a new Swiss-based trust fund “illegal” and “unacceptable.” US …
JAKARTA, 15 Sept 2022: Indonesia will allow the construction of new coal plants only under certain conditions, according to a presidential decree – holding on to its ambitious commitment to …
BEIRUT, 15 Sept 2022: Protesters stormed a bank in Beirut yesterday, holding employees and customers hostage while demanding the return of savings that had been frozen by the bank due …
SEOUL, 14 Sept 2022: South Korea fined Google and Meta 100 billion won (almost US$72 million) today in gathering consumers’ personal data for internet advertising without their consent. The privacy …
CARACAS, 14 Sept 2022: Marianela Moser and her two employees work from the early morning hours in a small workshop in the Avila mountains outside Venezuela’s capital, where they temper, …
SHANGHAI, 13 Sept 2022: A phone number with nine sixes is up for auction in China for a whopping US$2 million. The number, 15 666 666 666, will be available …
BERLIN, 13 Sept 2022: Israel can supply Europe with 10% of the gas the bloc received from Russia last year, prime minister Yair Lapid said yesterday. “We are going to …
