The Indian army said Tuesday one of its officers and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” on the contested border with China, the first such incident in decades between the nuclear-armed …
China’s Sinopec starts up new Zhanjiang refinery complex
Top Chinese state refiner Sinopec Corp said on Tuesday it had started up a $6 billion new refinery and petrochemical plant in south China, making it the country’s third integrated complex to start …
As Meat Plants Stayed Open to Feed Americans, Exports to China Surged
While lobbying to keep operating during the pandemic, the U.S. industry sent a record amount of pork to a country vital to its growth.
India says officer, two soldiers killed in ‘violent faceoff’ on border with China
An Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” with Chinese troops on the contested border, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, reporting the first casualties in decades to result …
Top Qatar State Companies Cut Wage Bills Over Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Some of Qatar’s biggest state-owned companies have cut their wage bills as part of a wider government plan to reduce spending and bolster finances to mitigate the impact of the …
Qatar- New platform using data technology blockchain may boost GCC sukuks, says S&P report
The new platform for sukuk issuance and management using data technology blockchain could boost GCC issuance volumes over time, S & P Global Ratings has said in a report. Launched last year, the …
Home Is Where Singapore’s New Casino Is
The house arrest of pandemic lockdowns seems to have thrown open the gambling switch in our brains.How else to rationalize the frothy frenzy across asset classes globally, a madness so complete that …
Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits Jammu-Kashmir, third in three days
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, the third to hit the union territory in three days. However, there were no reports of any damage, …
India pledges to construct sanitation facility at Nepal’s iconic Pashupatinath Temple
India has pledged to construct a ₹2.33 crore sanitation facility at the iconic Pashupatinath Temple complex here to improve the infrastructure in the holy shrine for the pilgrims, according to an …
U.S., China Plan Big Spending to Bolster Economies: Virus Update
Global cases surpassed 8 million as Beijing shut some areas to contain a virus cluster and data scientists predicted India’s numbers may surge after it abandoned a lockdown.China will sell 1 trillion …