A proposed bill that will allow the Philippines to tax tech giants like Facebook, Alphabet's Google and Youtube, and Netflix, moved a step closer to becoming a law after a lower house committee ... ( read original story ...)
PAGASA: LPA, southwest monsoon to bring rains, thunderstorms over Philippines
A low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon are expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms over CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, and the ... ( read original story ...)
US Commander Affirms US Support for Japan on China Dispute
The commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan is reaffirming his nation’s support of Japan’s protests over Chinese ships increasingly venturing into the economic waters near disputed East China Sea ... ( read original story ...)
UN, CSO call for collective action to address human trafficking in Bangladesh
The newly released 2020 Trafficking in Persons report ranks Bangladesh on Tier 2, which is an upgrade from the Tier 2 Watch List The United Nations (UN) and the civil society organizations (CSO) have ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia farms see boom in online sales of sacrificial animals for Eid
As Indonesian Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival, farms are seeing a boom in online sales that limit the need for people to visit farms during the pandemic to buy the goats, sheep ... ( read original story ...)
5 French fighter jets delivered to India in military upgrade
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets arrived at an Indian air force base on Wednesday, Indian officials said, as the country seeks to modernize ... ( read original story ...)
More than half of India’s Mumbai slum residents may have been infected with Covid-19, study suggests
More than half of residents living in Mumbai's crowded slums may have contracted coronavirus and are likely being infected at a much higher rate than those not living in slum areas, a new study has ... ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: ‘More than half of Mumbai slum-dwellers had Covid-19’
Mumbai has reported more than 110,000 cases and 6,187 deaths as of 28 July. The survey was carried out by the city's municipality, the government think-tank Niti Aayog and the Tata Institute of ... ( read original story ...)
The United Arab Emirates fisheries and aquaculture market is projected to register a CAGR of 4.7% during the forecast period (2020-2025
New York, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "United Arab Emirates Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector - Growth, Trends and Forecast (2020 - 2025 ... ( read original story ...)
Greenfields Petroleum Corporation Announces Year End 2019 and First Quarter 2020 Financial and Operating Results
GNF), a production focused company with operating assets in Azerbaijan, announces its financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019 and for the three months ... ( read original story ...)