China has not renounced the use of force as an option to achieve reunification and regularly sends military aircraft near Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan central bank holds fire on rates, cuts growth outlook again
Taiwan's central bank unexpectedly left its policy rate unchanged on Thursday but further reduced its growth forecast for 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to deal a further blow to the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to set up office to help people fleeing Hong Kong
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Thursday it will set up a dedicated office to help those thinking of fleeing Chinese-ruled Hong Kong as Beijing tightens its grip on the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Decom North Sea in Brunei Agreement
The UK’s Decom North Sea (DNS) organization has announced the creation of an agreement which it says is designed to deliver a mutually beneficial relationship between its members and Brunei’s late ... ( read original story ...)
Swab tests a must for foreign workers entering Brunei
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Foreign workers in the oil and gas industry who are required to enter Brunei Darussalam must carry out their swab test both in their country and upon ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Cyprus released among the highest proportion of prisoners
Cyprus is among the countries that released the highest proportion of prisoners in the early stages of Covid-19, according to a study by the Council of Europe released on Thursday. The research ... ( read original story ...)
TGS Kicks Off Timor-Leste Offshore Seismic Project
Availability is expected from July 2020, with final deliverables estimated around September 2020. TGS, in collaboration with the ANPM, has commenced a 2Dcubed seismic data project covering offshore ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Airways Says No New Planes In 2020 Or 2021
"Quite a lot of (deliveries) will be deferred," Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar al-Baker told Britain's Sky News on Wednesday. "We have already notified both Boeing and Airbus that we will not be ... ( read original story ...)
Mongolia to repatriate nationals stranded in South Korea, Turkey, Japan amid COVID-19
ULAN BATOR, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will send five chartered flights to South Korea, Turkey and Japan in July to evacuate Mongolian nationals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's foreign ... ( read original story ...)
After 65 Years, a Wild Ass Is Back in Eastern Mongolia
The khulan, a Mongolian subspecies of the onager, or Asiatic wild ass, soon vanished from the country’s harsh eastern steppe, through which the railway runs. Back then, in the 1950s, Mongolia “was ... ( read original story ...)