Thailand reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and no new deaths, taking the total number of infections to 3,101, of which 58 were fatalities. The new cases were Thai nationals in quarantine …
Vietnam pension system world’s 57th best: report
Placed 57th out of 70 economies in a global ranking of pension system development, Vietnam lags most of its Southeast Asian peers.
Morning News Call – India, June 4
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Don’t resist order deferrals, Qatar Airways tells jetmakers
Baker on Tuesday warned Airbus and Boeing against resisting the airline’s requests to defer aircraft deliveries, in a battle over who should bear the strain of the coronavirus crisis. The state …
US Litigation Funder Validity Finance Establishes Office in Israel
Israel’s litigation funding sector has grown in the past year, with U.K. and U.S. funders setting up in the region.
COVID-19 is turning many UAE expats with jobs into supersavers
It may even have created a generation of expatriate supersavers who will reshape the economy. Since March, some of the households in the UAE fortunate enough to retain jobs have been able to save …
Rice in the Desert: Pandemic Spurs UAE to Grow More Food
The United Arab Emirates doesn’t spring to mind as an obvious place to farm rice, but the coronavirus is prodding the arid nation to explore new ways of feeding itself.In a pilot project with South …
Sri Lanka- PM tells Central Bank to take responsibility for collapse of financial institutions
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today told the Central Bank to take the responsibility for the collapse of some financial institutions. The Prime Minister’s Office said that Rajapaksa had noted that …
Saudi aid to Yemen will continue despite reports of Houthi interference
Monitor after the Yemen Donor Conference, Abdullah Al Rabeeah, supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, said he expects pledges to continue.
Pak ISI helps Lashkar, Jaish expand footprint in Afghanistan under backup plan
Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence, or ISI, is infiltrating the Lashkar and Jaish terrorists into the Islamic State-Khorasan Province that has been in tatters after the arrest of its chief Abdulah …