Syria’s stock market on Tuesday suspended trading for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by a cousin of the president and one of Syria’s richest businessmen. The decision by the Syrian …
Sri Lanka voices continuous support for China’s sovereignty over Hong Kong
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Monday voiced his country’s continuous support to China’s sovereignty over its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). “Sri Lanka expressed …
SEP (Sri Lanka) calls for action committees to counter COVID-19 and defend jobs
Big business is only concerned about profit … of the working class for the rational and scientific reorganisation of production for the benefit of the majority of society. Workers in Sri Lanka can …
Dubious Deal? Uzbek Firm With Great Ties, No Experience ‘Wins’ $550 Million State Contract
Uzbekistan will start installing “smart” gas meters in some 3.5 million homes in July and an investigation by RFE/RL shows the $550 million contract to make the new devices was awarded to a company …
Iraq to cut oil output further, committed to OPEC+ deal, says oil minister
Iraq will further cut its oil output and remains committed to the OPEC+ deal, finance minister and acting oil minister Ali Abdul Ameer Allawi said on Twitter. OPEC and its allies such as Russia are …
Early COVID-19 Preparation Saved Lives in Iraq
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has fought the pandemic with every tool at its disposal to save lives and support countries with limited COVID-19 …
QR codes to trace cases after South Korea nightclub outbreak
Reuters South Korea is trialing a new QR code system to better track and trace visitors to high … “We just spent 93 days limiting behavior, closing down, no school, no business, thousands of small …
PepsiCo Thailand Commits 18,000,000 Baht to Supporting COVID-19 Relief Efforts in Thailand
PepsiCo Thailand, Suntory PepsiCo Beverages Thailand, and The PepsiCo Foundation have partnered with Raks Thai Foundation to reach the most vulnerable communities nationwide. The project “Give for Hop …
Vietnam Airlines resumes all domestic flight services
On Monday, Pham Binh Minh, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, and Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi agreed to start discussing the possibility of resuming flights between their …
Diversifying Away From China: The Long Case For Vietnam (Podcast)
China trade war showing no sign of abating and ongoing COVID-19 imposed shutdowns, the need to diversify global supply chains has never been more …