Global property consultant Knight Frank is reporting this week that Singapore leads the Q4 2022 rankings, pushing New York off the top spot. Singapore’s annual rental growth grew from 23% in Q3 to 28% …
Sentosa Cove property sales pick up in H2 2022 with more bungalows, condo units sold
Sentosa Cove is the only place in Singapore where a foreigner who is not a Singapore permanent resident may buy a landed property. Properties on Sentosa are all on 99-year leasehold tenures. In …
Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen artifacts
Centuries-old cultural artifacts that had been illegally smuggled out from Cambodia were welcomed home Friday at a celebration led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who offered thanks for their return and …
Saudi Arabia blocks 4,000 websites for copyright breaches
Cairo: More than 4,000 websites were blocked for violating intellectual property copyrights in Saudi Arabia in one year, a Saudi official has said. “I advise everyone to deal with licenced sites to …
Iraq War: When Baghdad fell, the country’s treasures were lost
Cultural property became a target of armed groups, such as the Islamic State There were also anecdotal reports of American soldiers and contractors returning home with cultural trophies; “souvenirs” …
Mutanabbi Street slowly re-emerges, 20 years on from Iraq war
Baghdad, Iraq – Haj Mohammed al-Khashali has outlived four sons … al-Khashali recalled the academic meet-ups of the 1960s, after he began renting the property in 1963, and Shabandar played host to …
Exclusive-Singapore’s CapitaLand in talks to buy Vietnam property assets from Vinhomes – sources
SINGAPORE/HANOI : Asian real estate giant CapitaLand Group is in talks to acquire assets worth roughly US$1.5 billion from Vietnam’s biggest listed property firm Vinhomes JSC, two sources familiar …
Introducing Bangabandhu to our children
I was introduced to the “poet of politics”, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, by my father. He used to show me documentaries on Bangabandhu and Bangladesh. From then on, I …
Damac awards main works contract for 120-villa Maldives resort
Damac Group, under its property development arm Damac Properties, has awarded the main works contract worth AED 544 million ($148.2 million) to Aima Construction Company Private Limited for 120 villas …
Criticising the nation of Israel is justified. Demonising Jewish people is not
The Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians is condemned by many Jews, and Crikey readers have no qualms about adding their voices.