When North Vietnamese MiG fighters rose to meet the attackers, they found a surprise: U.S. Navy pilots trained under a Top Gun program that finally remedied deficient American training in air combat ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Bank Central Asia may support banks needing liquidity
Indonesia's largest bank by market value, may join a government programme to lend to banks to improve their liquidity, its president director told Reuters. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic no match for Indonesia’s door-to-door teachers
Teacher Henrikus Suroto vowed his students wouldn't be cheated out of their education when the global pandemic forced schools to be closed in Indonesia's remote Kenalan village. Not only is Suroto ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia trade balance may return to surplus in May: Reuuters poll
Indonesia's trade balance likely turned positive in May, with falls in exports and imports probably deepening as the coronavirus pandemic depressed global demand, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 114,000 as Cases Climb in India
The U.S. coronavirus death toll passed 114,000, while reported cases topped two million, as some U.S. states largely spared in the early days of the pandemic are seeing record hospitalizations. ( read original story ...)
Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists’ Accounts At China’s Request
The video conferencing company says Beijing had asked that four meetings and associated users be terminated. Two of the users were based in the U.S. and the third in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon finmin: dollar has begun to weaken against pound, will soften further -LBCI
Lebanon Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said on Friday that the dollar has begun to weaken against the pound currency and will soften further, according to broadcaster LBCI. ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s Godolphin double-handed in Australia
After a very productive outing last week as the British horse racing season resumed following a hiatus, Godolphin are double-handed in Australia on Saturday. The Dubai horse racing operation conjured ... ( read original story ...)
Formula One facing worsening financial crisis with races in Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan cancelled
The autumn schedule looks increasingly uncertain with three races in the Americas also in serious doubt Formula One faces the prospect of a worsening financial crisis after accepting that grands prix ... ( read original story ...)
Korea’s CJ CGV To Cut Debt By Selling Stake in Vietnam Property Unit
South Korea’s top exhibitor CJ CGV will sell its 25% stake in CJ Vietnam, CJ’s Vietnamese real estate investment unit, on Jul. 3. The move is will shore up CGV's balance sheet which has been badly hit ... ( read original story ...)