Turkey began administering COVID-19 shots developed by China's Sinovac to health workers on Thursday, as it rolls out a nationwide vaccination programme against the disease that has killed more than ... ( read original story ...)
Grand opening of Japan’s Super Nintendo World delayed with less than a month to go
The opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, will now be delayed indefinitely, Bloomberg reports. The news comes after Japan recently expanded its ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp
A fire destroyed hundreds of homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Thousands of refugees, who fled war and persecution in neighboring Myanmar, saw their makeshift homes go up in flames. ( read original story ...)
‘Bangladesh moving towards tremendous transformation’
By BSS, Dhaka Minister for Posts, Telecommunication and Information Technology Mustafa Jabbar said Bangladesh is moving towards tremendous transformation through entrepreneurship and ... ( read original story ...)
Why Indonesia is prioritizing the young, not the elderly, for coronavirus vaccines
When Indonesia, home to some 270 million people, launched its mass coronavirus vaccination campaign on Wednesday, President Joko Widodo was the first in line. At 59, he just barely made the cutoff. ( read original story ...)
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese officials, oil giant over South China Sea ‘coercion’
The United States announced sanctions on Chinese state-owned enterprise and military officials on Thursday and added Chinese oil giant CNOOC to a blacklist, accusing them using coercion against states ... ( read original story ...)
Trump administration takes final swipes at China and its companies
The Trump administration in its waning days took another swipe at China and its biggest firms on Thursday, imposing sanctions on officials and companies for alleged misdeeds in the South China Sea and ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Financial Centre wants to attract $25 billion of foreign investments by 2022 as Gulf rift ends
Qatar Financial Centre has targeted $25 billion of foreign direct investment inflows by 2022, its CEO Yousuf Al-Jaida told CNBC in an exclusive interview. ( read original story ...)
End of Gulf rift will bring foreign investment to Qatar: Financial center CEO
Jaida of the Qatar Financial Centre says the end of the blockade on Qatar is a "historic moment" that will bring more travel and more access to markets in the region. He says he's "very optimistic" ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Israel to buy $30 bln of forex in 2021 as shekel soars
The Bank of Israel plans to buy $30 billion of foreign currency this year to help stem appreciation of the shekel ILS=, it said on Thursday. The shekel earlier in the day reached 3.11 per dollar, its ... ( read original story ...)