Brunei’s push to introduce Sharia law and deliver the extremely wealthy Muslim sultanate into legal territory more akin with Taliban thinking has been ruled incompatible with international human …
Kyrgyzstan’s ongoing struggle for sovereignty
Writing from the central Asian republic, MARCEL CARTIER meets a nation positive about its future and openly proud of its Soviet past …
A Trio of Dome Homes Offers Off-Grid Living in Arizona for $280K
A unique trio of dome homes constructed by hand using sandbags and barbed wire is now on the market in McNeal, AZ, for $279,000. Homeowner Marcia Gibbons built them in 2008 after studying under …
North Korea is a land of stories that don’t often get told. Here are some that did
With a U.S. soldier crossing the border into North Korea at the border town of Panmunjom and in custody this week, talk turns to the nation itself — a country that is known for its suspicion of …
Chinese property giant Country Garden sinks in renewed storm
China’s property sector crisis escalated again on Friday as a sharp fall in the shares and bonds of one of the country’s biggest developers, Country Garden , capped a turbulent week for the …
Madras High Court ruling on wife’s right to family asset holds significance for Pakistani women
Though the law protects and secures women’s property ownership, there is no legal framework recognising ‘joint matrimonial property’.
Lebanon one step closer to building huge solar array on city-owned property
Lebanon has cleared the latest hurdle toward building a $14.1 million solar array on undevelopable city-owned land, aiming to diversify its sources of electricity and provide savings for the city, its …
Azerbaijan’s state budget revenues from privatization of state property increase
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Start or perish; Sri Lanka gives ultimatum for halted investments with state lands
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan government has given an ultimatum for investors who have secured valuable state lands for investments, but delayed the start of their projects.
Malaysia’s Gamuda to spend $316 mln on Vietnam real estate project acquisition
Gamuda Land, the property arm of Malaysia’s Gamuda Berhad, will spend VND7.2 trillion ($315.8 million) to acquire 100% of equity in Vietnam’s Tam Luc Real Estate Corporation.