Right up until his death in March, Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington played guitar in a modest music studio on his 80-acre Georgia estate, according to Dale Rossington, his wife of 41 …
New legislation for regulation of microfinance institutions in Sri Lanka – Justice Minister
Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform, Wijayadasa Rajapakse, unveiled plans to introduce a new legislative framework aimed at regulating microfinance institutions operating wit …
Meet North Korea’s ‘crown princess’ and possible heir to Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has been bestowed with a new official title, The Morning Star of Korea, marking her as the heir apparent to succeed her father as the Supreme …
Forest City: Inside Malaysia’s Chinese-built ‘ghost city’
At the time, the Chinese property boom was in full flow. Developers were borrowing colossal sums of money to build both home and abroad for middle-class buyers. In Malaysia, Country Garden’s plan was …
The hidden dimensions of insecurity in Afghanistan
Furthermore, the human rights organization “Afghanistan Witness” has recently announced in its research that the officials of the Taliban administration have flogged more than 400 individuals on …
Chris Roemer: Iran is the epicenter of evil in the world today and must be dealt with | COMMENTARY
Iran is flush with cash these days, and one need look no further than Israel and the Gaza Strip to see what it’s doing with all that money. The carnage there is the result of America’s refusal …
Pakistan’s PIA hands back excess PCAA-owned property
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) will return under-utilised office space to its owner, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), as part of its efforts to reduce …
Tourist, 56, dies after finishing world’s tallest bungee jump in China
A 56-year-old tourist died after completing the world’s highest bungee jump in Macau, China.The unnamed Japanese visitor was taken to hospital shortly after finishing the extreme bungee jump from the …
Hong Kong’s Choiceless Elections: A Cautionary Tale for Taiwan
Taiwan. Officials tout Hong Kong’s “stability and prosperity,” but people decry, along with the democratic deficit, economic troubles, a sinking property market, weakening judiciary, rising crime …
Shigeru Ban designs Infinite Maldives resort around landscaped gardens
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed Infinite Maldives, a “resort residence” in the Maldives that will feature gardens and rows of houses on the water made from timber and locally sourced …