Dubai saw 3,626 real estate transactions this week, including bumper Palm Jumeirah home Dubai real estate: $3.75bn of property deals this week, Palm Jumeirah home sold for $32m Dubai, Dubai Land …
What is it with Ohio’s Jim Jordan and his antics this week? Is it just to get attention? Today in Ohio
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan on Thursday accused the head of the Federal Trade Commission of “harassing” Twitter to the point of obsession. We’re talking about Jordan’s headline grabs this week …
95 pc of Afghans do not want women to work, claims Taliban Deputy Minister
Following the Taliban’s new decree which banned women’s beauty salons in Kabul and other provinces across the country, Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Work (MoPW) Din Mohammad Haqbin claimed that 95 …
Thailand’s royalists foiled Harvard grad Pita Limjaroenrat’s first attempt at becoming prime minister. Here’s what happens now
A day before Thursday’s vote, Limjaroenrat was rocked by a fresh complaint lodged against him to Thailand’s constitutional court, accusing Move Forward’s plan to reform the lèse-majesté law as …
Thailand’s next PM: if not Pita, then who?
The Thai parliament’s rejection of reformist democrat Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid for prime minister has sparked a flurry of behind-the-scenes jostling ahead of a fresh vote by lawmakers to elect the …
Calls for action after teen vandalizes treasured Japanese temple
Founded as a place for Buddhist worship in 759 by a Chinese monk, Jianzhen, from the Tang dynasty, the temple was the first in Japan to be devoted to a Chinese Buddhist denomination, the Nanzan school …
Indonesia to launch long overdue national cryptocurrency exchange in July
The Indonesian government is proceeding with its plans to launch a national cryptocurrency exchange available to the citizens in the upcoming weeks. According to Tembo, a local news agency, …
MCD’s decision to hike transfer fee to impact property transaction in Delhi
An MCD official said the transfer duty will be 4% for men (currently 3%) and 3% for women (currently 2%). The transfer duty is calculated on the registered sale value of a property.
India, UK working to iron out issues on IPRs, rules of origin under proposed FTA
India and the UK are working to iron out differences on issues like intellectual property rights (IPRs) and rules of origin under the free trade agreement being negotiated by the two countries, a top …
55-pound rabid beaver attacks young girl at Georgia lake before her father kills animal
A rabid beaver bit a young girl while she was swimming at northeast Georgia’s Lake Lanier before her father beat the animal to death.