Vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth have made Mongolia a target for foreign investors, transforming the country’s tiny but fast-growing economy. In 1990, Mongolia abandoned its 70-year-old …
Georgia House budget writers give thumbs-up to Kemp’s tax giveback proposal
The mid-year spending plan, which the full House will take up today, supports most of the governor’s mid-year budget recommendations.
Monsters in Kuwait
It is fair to think that Jullebee Ranara, a 35-year-old mother of four, went to Kuwait as a domestic worker so she could provide a brighter future for her children, just like millions of overseas …
Lebanon’s judges battle over their probe of Beirut’s port blast
J udge not, lest ye be judged.” Lebanon’s top prosecutor seems to have taken the biblical commandment to heart. For years he has stalled probes into the country’s financial crisis, among the worst in …
The Grisly Cult of the Wagner Group’s Sledgehammer
which had its own distinctive methods of carrying out executions and promised its fighters similar spoils — including sex slaves and property confiscated from minorities in Iraq and Syria — in …
2 Afghan families still living in a Newburyport church basement after more than a year
The largest groups were from Afghanistan, Haiti and Ukraine … Still, housing them quickly was only possible because property owners offered to rent to Afghans at discounted rates, Moraru said. It’s …
Myanmar on brink as Junta burn rebel villages as victim exposes ‘scorched earth’ policy
Lai told Express.co.uk: “All my family-owned lands, property and investment documents were lost as well. There is nothing left for us.” The military coup on February 1 2021 saw Myanmar’s elected …
Naypyitaw: Myanmar Junta’s Last Fortress Against Rising Resistance
The once-deserted administrative capital is now humming with life as military veterans and sympathizers flee to the city for sanctuary.
Vietnam considering taxing land and building separately
Vietnam’s government is considering taxing land and buildings separately as at current, there is no tax on buildings. According to VN Express, the proposal was drafted and will be presented …
US secures deal on Philippines bases to complete arc around China
The US has secured access to four additional military bases in the Philippines – a key bit of real estate which would offer a front seat to monitor the Chinese in the South China Sea and around Taiwan …