Indonesia's Pertamina has chartered ships to store gasoline off Singapore waters in a possible effort to cash in on the current low prices caused by a slump in demand because of the coronavirus, three ... ( read original story ...)
Tunnel 3 of Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway drilled through
The Tunnel 3 of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway (JBHSR) project was drilled through on Sunday, which is the third drilled-through tunnel after the Walini Tunnel and Tunnel 5. Tunnel 3 project ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions
More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls grew for an easing ... ( read original story ...)
India’s income tax office dismisses calls for coronavirus tax on super rich, says it doesn’t reflect ‘official views’
A group of officers from the Indian Revenue Service has called for higher taxes for the rich: a 40% tax rate for people earning above 10 million rupees in a year, or a wealth tax for those with a net ... ( read original story ...)
India’s central bank offers mutual funds $6.6bn liquidity line
The Reserve Bank of India has unveiled a Rs500bn ($6.6bn) liquidity infusion for mutual funds in an effort to head off contagion across asset managers after Franklin Templeton’s decision to shut ... ( read original story ...)
India announces rollback of coronavirus lockdown restrictions
India is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions in some neighborhoods mildly affected by the virus. The country initially mandated stay-at-home orders its entire 1.3 billion population in an effort ... ( read original story ...)
Does China Have Any Friends Left in the West?
Rather than being China's "best partner," the U.K. might be China's only friend left in the West and even that friendship is under threat. ( read original story ...)
Trump plots new election strategy: tie Biden to China – and attack them both
As the campaign is reshaped by the coronavirus, the president has sought to shift focus away from his erratic response ... ( read original story ...)
Russia Coronavirus Cases Overtake China as Vladimir Putin Faces Sharp Rise in Infections
Russia now has the ninth highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the world, with 794 having died from the pandemic so far. ( read original story ...)
Power is ‘up for grabs’: Behind China’s plan to shape the future of next-generation tech
China is set to release a new plan this year called "China Standards 2035" with the aim of influencing how the next-generation of technologies will work. ( read original story ...)