Lawmakers in Congress and across the country are sounding national security alarms about foreign buyers, particularly those with links to the Chinese government, acquiring control of U.S. farm and …
2nd LD-Writethru-Economic Watch: China’s home price uptick points to stabilizing property sector
Major Chinese cities in general reported rising home prices last month, adding to evidence of a stabilizing property sector, official data showed Thursday. In February, 55 out of 70 large and …
What China’s baby woes mean for its economy
Crystal, who wished to withhold her real name, is a 26-year-old living in Beijing. Unlike most women from previous generations in China, she is unmarried and currently faces no pressure to tie the …
Cyprus put forward five nominations for intangible cultural heritage list
Cyprus has submitted five new nominations to the Unesco list … Buildings, historic places, traditional dishes, monuments and artifacts are cultural property. Intangible heritage also consists of …
Babe Ruth’s Georgia Holiday Home Lies Abandoned
After selling his stake in 1922, Huston used the proceeds to build an elegant clapboard mansion in Georgia, now left to wrack and ruin. Captured by photographer Leland Kent of Abandoned Southeast, …
$500 New Tax Rebate From Georgia: Who Will Get It, How Much And When
Georgia residents will now soon get a tax rebate of up to … Kemp also signed into law a $950 million property tax rebate as part of the amended budget for this year. By approving both the income tax …
From acclaim to blame: Lebanon’s bank chief Riad Salameh
Warning signs’ – In 1993, Salameh was installed as central bank governor, a post in sectarian Lebanon reserved for a Maronite Christian. He was nominated by then prime minister Rafic Hariri, a wealthy …
Lebanon gas leak repaired, residents cleared to return
UPDATE 7:52 a.m. (3/16/23) – According to the Lebanon Fire Department, the gas leak has been repaired and residents are cleared to return to their homes. UPDATE 9:52 p.m. – While Summit Natural Gas …
Bad Company: Are Kyrgyzstan’s Smuggling Kings Being Legitimized?
The images sparked anger in Kyrgyzstan, but the president brushed off these concerns … and fellow sanctions subject Uulkan Turgunova was a joint investor in a Dubai property development together …
Binyamin Netanyahu is exploiting Israel’s divisions
“For thirty years we’ve fought to keep companies and intellectual property in Israel, despite the pressure to move to the Silicon Valley,” says Yigal Erlich, one of the pioneers of Israel’s thriving …