Pacific International Lines is in talks with an arm of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings over a potential investment aimed at keeping the debt-ridden container ship operator from …
Singapore puts $288M focus on digital transformation to help firms cope with pandemic fallout
Country’s government is setting aside more than SG$500 million ($288.26 million) to facilitate local businesses in their digital transformation efforts, specifically, the adoption of e-payments, …
Commercial flights to Israel will not resume until at least mid-July
Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until mid-July at the earliest, according to the head of Ben Gurion Airport. Shmuel Zakaim, the airport’s managing director, told the Israeli news website …
Amid U.S. Pressure, Israel Rejects Chinese Bid for Major Infrastructure Project
Israel awarded the contract for what is slated to be the world’s largest desalination plant to a local company, a move that prevents the country from getting entangled in the escalating tensions …
Malka Leifer, facing 74 counts of child sexual abuse, fit to be extradited from Israel
Leifer has been living in the country since 2008, when allegations of abuse against her surfaced in Australia.
Tajikistan: Floods Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF n° MDRTJ029
English Situation Report on Tajikistan about Food and Nutrition, Health, Aged Persons, Children, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 26 May 2020 by IFRC …
Turkey sends masks to Tajikistan amid pandemic
Turkey on Tuesday sent masks to Tajikistan to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. The Turkish Red Crescent delivered 50,000 medical items, Turkey’s Embassy to the Central Asian country said in a …
Migrant Stranded In Tajikistan Missed The Birth Of His Son. And Then Watched His Wife’s Funeral On Video.
A Tajik migrant was given special permission to return to Russia — despite the strict lockdown — after his wife died in the hospital and left four children behind, including a newborn. The man had …
European Court Says Azerbaijan Wrong To Release Man Who Killed Armenian
The European Court of Human Rights says Azerbaijan was wrong to release a man convicted of killing an Armenian national while the two were on a NATO training course in Hungary.
New tape contradicts Michael Jordan’s Dream Team claims in The Last Dance
Michael Jordan’s claim that he had no part in Isiah Thomas being left off the USA’s Olympic ‘Dream Team’ have been contradicted by a new audio recording …