When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. ( read original story ...)
The next step in Malaysia’s digital transformation
“The digital transformation of Malaysia will be an exciting journey with smart adopters who can thrive and reinvent their business models with the right set of technologies.” Here are Rais and Chow’s ... ( read original story ...)
Business in discarded US military goods is booming as Kandahar base empties out
Nearly every day, workers sort through shipping containers from Kandahar Airfield in hopes of finding anything that U.S. and NATO troops withdrawing from Afghanistan don’t want that Afghans can sell. ( read original story ...)
‘Thailand is the land of compromise,’ Thai King says in rare public comments
Last Monday, thousands of Thai protesters marched to the German embassy in Bangkok calling on the German government to investigate whether the King has conducted state business during his time in the ... ( read original story ...)
Thai King addresses protesters in rare public comments, saying he ‘loves them all the same’
As mass anti-government protests build across Thailand and calls for reform of the monarchy grow, King Maha Vajiralongkorn has called his country “the land of compromise,” suggesting there may be a ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Slovakia tests nearly half its population in one day; Iran death toll hits daily record of 434
Russia total now over 1.6m; Obama criticises Trump’s Covid record; Boris Johnson announces lockdown from Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
Top 10 cities, islands to visit in Iran
If you are drawn to destinations where echoes of ancient civilizations resonate down through the ages, Iran could be your thing. Some of history’s biggest names – Cyrus the Great and Darius, Alexander ... ( read original story ...)
Iran imposes travel restrictions as virus deaths hit record
Iran says it will restrict travel to the cities hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, according to state TV, amid a record high of daily COVID-19 deaths. The measure takes effect tomorrow midday and ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey races against time to find survivors trapped under rubble by deadly earthquake
Rescuers are racing against time to reach survivors trapped under rubble on eight different apartment blocks. Dozens of people are still unaccounted for, local agencies say, and families gathered ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam plans to utilize overseas markets to boost EU export
Data released by the General Statistics Office on October 29 revealed Vietnam’s export turnover in the first 10 months of 2020 reaches US $229.27 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent. Dr. ( read original story ...)