Just when the Lalita Niwas Land Grab Scam looked like it had fizzled out, the Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice to the government demanding to know why a case was not filed against two …
Iraq war veteran secretly filmed naked backpacker housemates
An Iraq war veteran is accused of secretly filming naked backpackers … website www.couchsurfing.com and police claim he had many people stay at his property as they travelled Australia. William …
‘This was not a wedding, this was hell’ – Over 100 dead as fire breaks out at family celebration in Iraq
A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, September 26, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State occupation.
South Korea has jailed a man for using AI to create sexual images of children in a first for country’s courts
with far-reaching impacts ranging from copyright and intellectual property to national security, personal privacy and explicit content. Many are now racing to regulate the technology – especially as …
CCC to real estate industry: embrace green practices
As leading figures in the real estate sector, you possess both the influence and … while the Nationally Determined Contribution reflects the Philippines’ commitment to progressive climate change …
Japan’s Nikkei leads losses in Asian markets amid the fear of rate hike, China property market woes
Investors worried about China’s property woes after Evergrande Chairman had been placed under police watch. The possible higher US interest rates and rising Treasury yields weigh on heavyweight …
Global Innovation ranking: Bangladesh drops 3 notches in 2023
Bangladesh has slipped three notches to rank 105th among 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2023. Bangladesh falls behind India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan but stays ahead of Nepal in …
Evergrande collapse shows China’s poor learning from India’s IL&FS fiasco: Uday Kotak
Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire chairman of beleaguered property developer China Evergrande Group, was placed under police control …
Chinese tycoon Chen Hongtian’s seized luxury Hong Kong flat sells for US$53 million, 39% below market price
A 5,154 sq ft flat in Opus Hong Kong, seized from Chen Hongtian earlier this year, has sold for US$53 million to Kwai Sze Hoi, chairman of Hong Kong-listed Ocean Line Port Development, sources say.
Hong Kong to ease property cooling measures amid falling prices? Finance chief Paul Chan offers strongest hint yet
Paul Chan says the property market situation is different from that when the government introduced the management measures in 2010 Chan returned home after touring Europe at the head of a 130-strong …