The people of Bungin first settled in the area 200 years ago, building their homes on coral harvested from the sea. ( read original story ...)
Indian farmers step up illegal fires as Delhi air crisis worsens
Delhi's smog crisis headed for a new toxic peak on Saturday but farmers are refusing to stop the stubble burning that is widely blamed for the poisonous clouds engulfing the Indian capital. ( read original story ...)
China Says Looking Into Unfair Competition on E-Commerce Platforms: Xinuha
China's market regulator and other government departments have launched an exercise focused on e-commerce, with plans to crack down on areas such as unfair competition and the illegal trading of ... ( read original story ...)
Coast Guard to Tackle China ‘Illegal’ Fishing in Pacific
The United States said Friday it will deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter "destabilizing and malign" activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China ... ( read original story ...)
Caught between superpowers: Taiwan stuck between U.S. and China’s battle for supremacy
"We don’t want to be manipulated or caught in a great power competition," said Evan Tsao, 31, a master’s degree student from Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Global money laundering watchdog removes Mongolia from gray list
(Xinhua) -- The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Mongolia from its gray list, Mongolian Finance Minister Chimed Khurelbaatar announced here Friday night. "I have a piece of good news. ( read original story ...)
Rights Group Condemns UAE Plan to Fund ‘Modernization’ of Israeli Checkpoints
Euro-Med’s statement followed an announcement on Tuesday by the head of the US International Development Finance Corporation, Adam Boehler, that the US, Israel and the UAE are to set up a $3 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Istanbul has 40 percent of Turkey’s virus cases, a top official reports.
Istanbul, Turkey’s capital of finance and culture and a global travel hub, now represents 40 percent of the country’s total number of coronavirus cases, the health minister Fahrettin Koca announced ... ( read original story ...)
Japan mulls $95.5 billion extra budget to counter coronavirus
Japan’s government is considering compiling ... the Mainichi said. The finance ministry and the prime minister’s office did not respond when contacted by phone. The government may consider ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan receives $2.7b in foreign loans
Pakistan received over $2.7 billion in gross foreign loans in the first quarter of current fiscal year, up about one-fourth amid growing concern about the impact of high indebtedness on national ... ( read original story ...)