A basketball league founded by rapper Ice Cube has alleged that a US law firm acted as a “spy” for Qatari business interests as part of Doha’s wider public relations campaign in the country, according …
China-Laos railway starts recruiting local employees
Laos railway project has started interviewing local job applicants for future operation since Thursday. At the Confucius Institute of the National University of Laos in capital Vientiane, 330 Lao …
Sri Lanka calls for development centric external funding
Sri Lanka has called for development centric external funding and space through a decent haircut by official creditors. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, speaking from the Presidential Secretariat at the …
Malaysia’s Stocks Set for Bull Market as Glove Makers Surge
Malaysian stocks are set to enter bull territory as glove makers extend their record rally. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index gained 0.9% as of 4:08 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur, extending its gain from a …
Iraq can now Wrest its Sovereignty from Iran
By Hamdi Malik for Foreign Affairs . Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News . Mustafa al-Kadhimi (pictured), Iraq’s new prime …
Thai Airways appoints planners for business rehabilitation
Thai Airways International has appointed five people, including one of its former presidents, to jointly hold the position of plan preparer during its business rehabilitation process. The carrier’s …
Record Flood of New Deposits Is a Problem for Thailand’s Banks
Thais are turning to banks as a safe haven, adding deposits at a record pace in the Covid-19 era. While that’s a vote of confidence, the lenders are likely to face a hard time putting all the funds to …
Turkey Avoids Contraction With Consumption Leap Before Virus
Turkey’s economy clocked one of the fastest expansion rates among peers in the first quarter thanks to a surge in consumption before a lockdown to slow the coronavirus outbreak began to take hold.
Philippine Stocks Jump as Bank Reserves, Lockdown Eased
Philippine stocks advanced the most in two months, as looser reserve requirement rules and a relaxation of lockdown restrictions in the capital region spurred hopes of a less prolonged and severe …
Optimization of Business Environment Stimulates the Recovery of the Economy in Changsha, China
Changsha, the capital city of Central China’s Hunan province, issued multiple policies on optimization of business environment to stimulate a strong economic and social recovery.