Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov has called on all-round support of business in the post-quarantine period nationwide, Kazinform reports. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim urges quick recovery from typhoon damage
North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un called for urgent efforts to rebuild thousands of homes and other structures destroyed by a typhoon that slammed the country’s east last week. ( read original story ...)
The Making of Mister Bone Saw
Incredibly, the authors claim that “few observers at the time saw what an outright disaster it would become.” Virtually every Yemen specialist and humanitarian relief expert foretold the catastrophe ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia palm oil producers look to prisons, rehab centers to solve labor crunch
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s labor-reliant palm oil companies are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and prisoners to solve a severe shortage of migrant foreign workers as the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Trump let Saudi Arabia get away with murder. Could Biden hold MBS accountable?
The way the Saudis have handled Kashoggi's case sends a frightening message to many of the Saudi reformers who are languishing — and in some cases dying — in Saudi Arabia’s jails. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia tops G20 in digital competitiveness
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia ranked first among the G20 member states in digital ... including venture capital investments, ease of doing business, and the digital skills of the youth. It also took into ... ( read original story ...)
Who Wants Iran to Have More Weapons?
That deal—which even under the Obama administration’s analysis wasn’t a binding legal agreement but simply an unsigned “political commitment”—provided for the lifting of the arms embargo on Iran in ... ( read original story ...)
How Trump can enforce the snapback of UN sanctions on Iran
President Trump recently demanded the indefinite restoration of the United Nations's sanctions on Iran that were terminated by the Obama-Biden nuclear deal — including an arms embargo that was ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: Turkey’s Finance Minister on the Economy, Lira and Energy
Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak provided written answers to questions from Bloomberg about the economic outlook, exchange and interest rates, energy and foreign policy. Following ... ( read original story ...)
Why Vietnam Has Become a Promising Alternative for US Businesses in Asia
US relationship, growing economic ties, and how US businesses can leverage and benefit from moving their production to Vietnam. ( read original story ...)