Mastercard and the Bank of Shanghai announced businesses anywhere in the globe can now send payments to China more efficiently. ( read original story ...)
Iran Holds Annual Gulf Drill Amid Rising Tensions With U.S.
Gulf Drill Amid Rising Tensions With U.S. In recent years, there have been periodic confrontations in the Gulf between the Guards and the U.S. military, which has accused the Guards' navy of sending ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq Preparedness Quarterly Update, April – June 2020
The World Food Programme (WFP) is now chairing the Business Operations Strategies ... in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is established to follow up on the endorsement status of the Action ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea leads gains as Asia Pacific stocks mostly rise; shares of Japan autos Nissan and Mitsubishi drop
Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trade as investors continued to monitor developments on the coronavirus front. ( read original story ...)
Telenor launches MBA Scholarship programme in Myanmar
Telenor Myanmar is inviting young citizens to apply for a fully-funded Master of Business Administration (MBA) scholarship for the third time. The scholarship programme is carried out by Telenor ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Exempts Foreign Development Banks From Some Lira Curbs
Turkey's BDDK banking watchdog said on Tuesday it will exempt international development banks from some restrictions on access to lira liquidity. ( read original story ...)
Can Vietnam Prevent the Next Pandemic?
As zoonotic diseases become more dangerous, Vietnam moves toward cracking down on wildlife trafficking. A growing awareness of the links between wildlife trafficking and SARS, COVID-19, and other ... ( read original story ...)
India’s partnership with Bangladesh stands out as role model for good neighbourly ties, says Jaishankar
India’s partnership with Bangladesh stands out as a role model in the region for good neighbourly relations and very few countries in the world share such close fraternal ties, External Affairs ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh fears loss of trust amid fake coronavirus test scandal
DHAKA -- COVID-19 has substantially slowed trade and commerce in Bangladesh, but criminal suspects have found a business niche: faking virus test reports. They have prospered amid the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Traveloka raises $250m to counter plunging demand
... steady pre-COVID-19 levels and the Thailand business is on its way to surpass 50% [of its pre-COVID levels]," he said. "Indonesia and Malaysia are still in the early stage, but they continue ... ( read original story ...)