Doha – United Development Company (UDC), a leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl and Gewan Islands announced its financial results for the first quarter of …
Buyers in ‘99-to-1’ property deals can voluntarily pay ABSD, Iras will look at cases more favourably
About 0.5 per cent of private residential properties transacted in 2018-2021 used “99-to-1” arrangement. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Less than 1% of private home transactions in Singapore use 99-to-1 arrangement: Finance Ministry
SINGAPORE: From 2018 to 2021, about 0.5 per cent of private residential properties transacted involved “99-to-1” or similar arrangements, and action will be taken against both buyers and property …
Singapore property investment activity slows on high interest rates
Real estate investment activity in Singapore shrank to about US$4bil (RM18bil) in the first quarter – the lowest quarterly volume registered since the fourth quarter of 2020, at the height of the …
Iron Dome Is Not Enough to Make Israel Safe | Opinion
Iron Dome, like any defensive system, has its limits. Those limits are constantly being tested by Israel’s enemies.
Tajikistan Acquires Mexico’s Controversial Presidential Aircraft
The Republic of Tajikistan,a Central Asian nation which ranks as the 18th poorest country globally, has purchased Mexico’s presidential aircraft for $92 millio …
Custom-built houses on the rise among UAE residents
The UAE is known for its glitzy skyscrapers and luxurious residential towers, but a new trend is taking hold in the country’s property market: custom-built homes.With an increasing number of expats …
Opinion: Armenian genocide could be repeating itself
The world watched but did not intervene as the genocide, a word which did not yet exist, unfolded. Years later, in 1944, a young scholar named Raphael Lemkin coined the word and cited the Armenian …
China’s alleged theft of a pineapple cultivar has Taiwan livid
The cultivar is now the focus of a fresh Chinese attempt at pomological warfare. On April 4th Taiwan’s deputy agriculture minister, Chen Junne-jih, accused China of “plundering” plant breeders’ rights …
US war game on Taiwan shows need for ‘decisive action’ to boost arms
A video plays describing a fictitious scenario in which China invades Taiwan during a House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party meet …