Iran signed an agreement on exports of electricity to neighboring Iraq, covering 2020 and 2021. The two sides signed the agreement during a visit to Baghdad by Iran's Minister of Energy Reza ... ( read original story ...)
Owners of Turkey’s Fonet Weigh Selling a Stake in IT Firm
The owners of a Turkish medical IT provider are in talks to sell a majority stake or all of the business as the coronavirus pandemic increases health-care needs globally, according to people with ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Private Security Market to Garner $1.29 Billion by 2027: Allied Market Research
As per the report published by Allied Market Research, the Vietnam private security market was pegged at $713.5 million in 2019, and is projected to reach $1.29 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 7 ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Rice-Vietnam rates scale 8-yr peak as rains hamper harvest
Vietnamese rice export prices hit their highest in more than eight years as traders struggled to meet rising demand and heavy rains hampered harvest in the Mekong Delta. ( read original story ...)
China issuing more visas to Japanese to boost business after shutdown
The Chinese government has stepped up the number of visas being issued to Japanese citizens after limiting them for months following the coronavirus pandem ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Pakistan’s way forward post lockdown
Pakistan will have to fight against a dangerously prevalent lackadaisical attitude if it wants to crest the wave of the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters hold banned Tiananmen vigil as anthem law is passed
Protesters defy police ban as legislation prohibits mockery of Chinese anthem ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands in Hong Kong Defy Ban to Attend Tiananmen Vigil
Demonstrators in Hong Kong defied a ban to stage a mass vigil in memory of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. ( read original story ...)
HSBC and StanChart’s support for Hong Kong law provokes ire
HSBC and Standard Chartered have drawn the ire of politicians and investors in the UK for their public support of a controversial national security law China plans to impose on Hong Kong. On Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
‘You can’t run away’: Hong Kong protesters defy police and an official ban to hold their annual Tiananmen vigil
Increasing repression from Beijing has united two generations in Hong Kong, those whose lives pivoted in 1989 and those who weren’t even born then. ( read original story ...)