Thailand's economy is likely to shrink less this year than the record 8.5% projected previously, helped by stimulus measures, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, as the government tries to revive a ... ( read original story ...)
French arrest 29 in cryptcurrency scheme to finance jihadis
French police arrested 29 people around the country on Tuesday in a vast operation to break a complex scheme financing Islamist extremists in Syria through the use of cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Seoul to promote joint Olympics with North Korea
29 (UPI) --The city of Seoul is moving forward with plans for a potential 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea amid controversy over the slaying ... a government agency under the finance ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Thai economy may contract less this year than forecast – ministry
Thailand's economy is likely to shrink less this year than the record 8.5% projected previously, helped by stimulus measures, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, as the government tries to revive a ... ( read original story ...)
Buklod: Time to act and avoid the errors of martial law
September 21, was the anniversary of Martial Law, proclaimed by the late president Ferdinand Marcos 49 years ago and which reigned for a long 16 years. While martial law was declared ostensibly to ... ( read original story ...)
Business must keep pushing for freedom in Hong Kong
It has imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong that covers expats and foreign companies as well as residents. The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is being erased from textbooks, as the ... ( read original story ...)
UK’s Fasset gets Bahrain nod to test blockchain platform
UK-headquartered Fasset, a provider of blockchain-powered platforms for the financing of sustainable infrastructure, has received authorisation to test its solutions for the tokenisation of hard ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Aviation Services handles 225,000 plus flights, 37mn passengers last year
Qatar Airways subsidiary, QAS served more than 37mn passengers and handled more than 225,000 flights in 2019-20, delivering an on-time performance rate of above 99.2% ... ( read original story ...)
Over 2000 fixed numbers ported between telecom service providers in Qatar since launch of FNP in March: CRA
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) revealed that, since the launch of the Fixed Number Portability (FNP) service in March 2020, the telecom service providers Ooredoo Qatar and Vodafone ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Petroleum’s Mesaieed refinery begins ULSD production
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has completed a project enabling production of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its 137,000-b/d refinery in Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC), about 40 km south of Doha, Qatar. ( read original story ...)