Hundreds of Afghans who worked with British forces have been left stranded in Pakistan after the UK government stopped evacuation flights. No flights have been chartered for Afghans by the British …
Hong Kong property: Wheelock sells over half of its flats in first batch of Koko Mare project in Lam Tin in 3 hours
Homebuyers snapped up at least 75 of 138 flats at Wheelock Properties’ Koko Mare in Lam Tin by 6pm on Saturday Property demand has surged in Hong Kong amid hopes that the city has reached the peak of …
Bhutan’s about-turn
The plateau, which lies at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan, is a tinderbox of immense strategic significance. Doklam had witnessed a tense standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers …
Forced labour in Turkmenistan cotton sector still prevalent
The Cotton Campaign is urging the government of Turkmenistan to ramp up efforts to eliminate state-imposed forced labour in the cotton sector, in line with recommendations of the UN Human Rights …
Turkmenistan: Canal fixation
It may be telling that Turkmenistan’s elections commission stopped updating its website on the day that the country went to the polls. All that is important is that the parliamentary elections took …
Singapore and Cambodia: A Relationship Built on Sand
Cambodia, perhaps attempting to downplay the … Early last year it was revealed he had donated a big chunk of prime real estate for construction of a memorial – 16 floors high – to be …
Govt. only harping on selling sans most important IMF proposals: Champika
The government was harping only on selling government property, excluding the most important proposals made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka said …
Passover: Why the Exodus resonates with Jews from Arab countries
At this year’s Seder, Jews with roots in Arab and Muslim countries might be reflecting, in spite of all the hardships, that the exodus was a blessing and a liberation from persecution.
Japanese investors highly appreciate Vietnamese property market
Representatives from around 180 Japanese businesses and investors on April 1 attended a Tokyo workshop on Vietnamese real estate, during which many of them highly appreciated the potential of …
Property Market Sees 15% Decline Amidst New Taxes
KARACHI: The first 3 months of 2023 have seen a 15% decrease in the prices of immovable properties in Pakistan, according to industry sources. The imposition of new taxes and political uncertainty has …