Ship managers and manning agents using Colombo as a hub for crew change involving Indian seafarers received a setback after 29 crew who flew there tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the Sri Lank ... ( read original story ...)
Uncertainty looms over cross border trade amid India-Nepal tension, traders say 80% of business under threat
Amid ongoing tension between India and Nepal over the border issue, traders at the bordering areas are staring at an uncertain future for their business - which largely depends on Nepal. Banbasa, a ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen Monthly Economic Update May 2020
Meanwhile in Sana’a, the de facto authorities implemented a series of legislative economic reforms to improve the business environment ... with the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) branch in Hodeidah. ( read original story ...)
Building close cooperative relations with Afghanistan is a high priority of Pakistan’s foreign policy: Asad Qaisar
Building close cooperative relations with Afghanistan is a high priority of Pakistan's foreign policy: Asad Qaisar ... ( read original story ...)
A Pandemic Opportunity With Iran
Iran has been extraordinarily hard hit by the virus, creating an unexpected opportunity for Washington to leverage aid and sanctions relief in exchange for strategic concessions from Tehran. ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby expresses concern over US work visa halt
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby expressed concern Wednesday over the United States' decision to halt the issuance of certain work visas this year, saying the ... ( read original story ...)
Lives vs Livelihoods: Will Pakistan Survive or Succumb to Covid-19
Covid-19 came to Pakistan and found a country with serious underlying conditions – a corrupt political class, a sclerotic bureaucracy, poor governance structure, a divided and distracted public and an ... ( read original story ...)
India and China’s deadliest border clash in decades risks war between nuclear-armed rivals — here’s how the world’s 2 largest militaries stack up
India and China are trying to de-escalate, but their deadliest clash in decades raises the risk of a war between the world's two biggest countries. ( read original story ...)
Apple, other U.S. goods from China held up at Indian ports: sources
Apple, Cisco and Dell products are among the goods from U.S. companies being caught up in India's border tensions with China, as Indian ports hold up imports from China, two sources told Reuters on ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Investigates Possible First Local Virus Case in Two Months
Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two months, a Japanese woman who tested positive last ... ( read original story ...)