Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors look ahead to US non-farm payrolls ... ( read original story ...)
Private sector in Malaysia, Singapore keen on HSR
The private sector from Malaysia and Singapore is very keen to find out how they could be involved in the new plans for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR), says the Malaysia-Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq Pledges to Deepen Oil Output Cuts in August, September
Iraq said on Friday it would cut its oil production by another 400,000 barrels per day in both August and September to compensate for its overproduction in the past three months. ( read original story ...)
VIDEO: KINKY BOOTS Makes the News in South Korea
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Kinky Boots is returning to Seoul, South Korea! A video was recently shared on Instagram, showing cast members featured in a news piece in South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Turkey Poised to Revise Bank Rule Aimed at Fueling Credit Growth
Turkey’s banking regulator agreed to revise a rule aimed at compelling lenders to boost credit at a meeting with the industry’s top executives.A revision to the asset-ratio rule by the regulator would ... ( read original story ...)
Why Tencent and WeChat Are Such a Big Deal in China
Tencent Holdings Ltd., one of Asia’s biggest companies, is little known beyond the tech world. But its WeChat super app has more than 1 billion users worldwide. What started in 1998 when a small group ... ( read original story ...)
Countries rally round Lebanon after Beirut blast
Countries and international organizations have lined up to help Lebanon after a massive warehouse explosion sent a blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 154 people and injuring nearly 5,000. ( read original story ...)
Laos: Dengue cases surging up as 9 confirmed dead; only one Covid-19 patient left
A total of 4,455 cases of dengue fever have been recorded across the country since January, according to a report from the Laos Ministry of Health. ( read original story ...)
China’s Kunming donates anti-pandemic supplies to Laos
(Xinhua) -- A batch of anti-pandemic medical supplies departed from the city of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Friday morning, heading for Laos. The supplies, including two ... ( read original story ...)
Top Figure In Modern Judaism Dies In Israel
Steinsaltz devoted more than four decades to translating the Talmud, the central text of Judaism, from Babylonian to modern Hebrew, a 25-volume work of reference, as well as being a prolific author ... ( read original story ...)