It will open up opportunities for Singapore firms to participate in areas such as Tianjin's green development.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Remote work readiness gives Singapore firms cybersecurity anxiety
Majority of Singapore businesses are prepared to facilitate remote work arrangements, but being so has led 58% to believe they are more susceptible to cyber attacks. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Bourse Likely To Give Up Support At 2,800 Points
The Singapore stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, dropping almost 65 points or 2.3 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,800-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan Clamps Down on COVID-19 Criticism
At the opening of a new hospital in November, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow said no COVID-19 cases had been reported in Turkmenistan thanks to preventative actions. But social media users and ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan to start Afghan TAPI construction in 2021
Turkmenistan in 2021 will begin construction of the 1,125-mile, 33-billion cu m/year Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline in Afghanistan. ( read original story ...)
China-Laos US$2 billion refinery kicks off commercial production
Lao Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd (Laopec), a China-Laos joint venture, has launched first phase production of its three million tons/year refinery project in Lao capital Vientiane on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Asia Album: Lonely elephant in Pakistan arrives in Cambodia for retirement after decades in zoo
Asian elephant Kaavan at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Str/Xinhua) PHNOM PENH, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A lonely Asian elephant from Pakistan arrived in Cambodia by a chartered cargo plane ... ( read original story ...)
Syria Graduate Doctors Set To Battle Covid In Rebel Hub
Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. The 29-year-old graduate ... ( read original story ...)
Airstrike kills Iranian commander on Syria-Iraq border
Unidentified warplanes targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Muslim Shahdan in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province - Anadolu Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Rights group asks Sri Lanka to probe deadly prison unrest
An international human rights group is asking Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial investigation into prison unrest and the use of live ammunition by guards that resulted in the death of eight inmates an ... ( read original story ...)