ALMATY – Nearly 85% of all overland cargo traffic between China and Europe passes through Kazakhstan, and now Astana is looking further south toward Africa. During the Kazakhstan–Kenya Business Forum ...
Kazakhstan, Kenya Seek Direct Flights and New Trade Corridor Linking Central Asia and East Africa
ALMATY – Nearly 85% of all overland cargo traffic between China and Europe passes through Kazakhstan, and now Astana is looking further south toward Africa. During the Kazakhstan–Kenya Business Forum ...
Why China Is So Interested in Kazakhstan
Every year in Kazakhstan, workers pull hundreds of thousands of tons of copper from below the nation’s soil. Exporting oil and metals has been the life force of this former Soviet republic’s economy ...
Thai business groups urge action on worker shortages as costs soar
BANGKOK, May 22 (Reuters) - The Thai government must take urgent action to tackle a migrant worker shortage that has compounded the economic strains brought about by elevated energy costs and put key ...
Many foreign entrepreneurs desperate as Japan tightens ‘business manager’ visa rules
TOKYO -- The Japanese Diet is debating tighter visa rules for foreign residents, while an amendment to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition･･･ ...
Responsible business conduct key to maintaining trade competitiveness, attracting investment: Commerce Minister
, May 19 -- Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir on Tuesday said responsible business conduct is no longer optional but has become a critical prerequisite for maintaining trade competitiveness, ...
Rapid rise of “Cockroach Janta Party” online protest movement appears to spook India’s leaders
The satirical "Cockroach Janta Party" calls itself a "political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth." India's government may be trying to squash it.
India’s Gen Z have flipped the lowly cockroach into a symbol of defiance
The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy.
Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
A heat wave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons. The India Meteorological Department forecasts maximum temperatures of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 ...
India, Cyprus upgrade ties to strategic partnership, unveil 5-yr defence roadmap
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) India and Cyprus on Friday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and unveiled a five-year roadmap for defence cooperation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ran ...