Despite efforts at the international level, various challenges continue to hinder the fight against illicit trafficking and prevent the return and restitution of cultural property. The vision of India …
Abby Choi murder: Hong Kong subsidised housing purchase rules to be changed to close loophole allowing homeowners to buy properties after her former father-in-law found to own …
Public housing tenants who already own a property to be banned from buying subsidised homes, source says Move comes in wake of revelation that former father-in-law of murdered model Abby Choi owned …
Dalian Wanda unit’s Hong Kong IPO application lapses for the third time, bonds come under further pressure
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has failed to list its management unit in Hong Kong for a third time. The initial public offering (IPO) application of Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management Group, …
DeSantis calls for deterrence to protect Taiwan as he previews China policy
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) underscored the importance of deterrence to safeguard Taiwan from a Chinese invasion while abroad in Asia.
Taiwan’s economic outlook: a challenging year as global semiconductor sales slump
This note analyses the macroeconomic environment of Taiwan. The economy should have entered a mild recession in the first quarter of the year due to …
Lawmakers set to reject president’s referral of a bill on handling of TC properties
Lawmakers on Tuesday indicated they would reject the president’s referral of a bill they passed in late March which provides that Turkish Cypriot properties in the south must undergo a structural …
Attention Lebanese investors: purchasing property in Cyprus will not get you residency
A number of dubious real- estate brokers have been persuading Lebanese nationals to purchase property in Cyprus based on the premise that they would obtain a residency permit after a certain …
Joly ‘concerned’ as Azerbaijan escalates Nagorno-Karabakh dispute with Armenia
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she’s ‘deeply concerned’ about Azerbaijan escalating a long-running dispute with Armenia over a breakaway province by blocking its main access road.
East Palestine residents still living in limbo nearly 3 months after derailment
Almost three months after a train derailment sent clouds of chemicals into the sky in East Palestine, Ohio, resident are still living in limbo.
East Palestine families living in limbo months after fire
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand — his …