Malaysia’s property overhang can be minimised if developers consider building homes closer to workplaces, schools, commercial centres and public transportation, industry specialists said.
It’s a Long Wait for Justice in Afghanistan’s Khost
The regime has changed in Kabul, but two fathers, among thousands of others, still await justice in the killing of their young sons allegedly by CIA-backed KPF militia.
Home prices, rents skyrocket in Turkey amid economic turmoil
Hatice Erdal has been given a week to vacate her rental house that is due to be knocked down. The cleaner and her husband both earn minimum wage, and even with their combined salaries, they cannot …
Turkey’s economic growth loses steam as elections near
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has persistently prioritized economic growth but might face the risk of stagnation ahead of Turkey’s crucial elections next year.
China Hints at More Property Support as Economy Takes Priority
China’s government hinted at further support for the real estate sector, with a top policy maker describing it as a “pillar” of the world’s second-largest economy.
China’s economic tsar ‘highly confident’ of recovery in 2023, mulls property-sector support
China will see an economic recovery next year and is mulling new measures to support the beleaguered real estate market, Vice-Premier Liu He said on Thursday.
Georgia Power deal sets $1.8B rate increase over next 3 years
Georgia Power’s proposal had been frontloaded to get almost all of the rate increase in 2023 from its 2.7 million customers. Instead, it will raise rates in the traditional yearly steps.
Irish United Nations peacekeeper killed, several wounded after attackers opened fire in Lebanon
Attackers opened fire in Lebanon on Thursday, killing a United Nations peacekeeper and wounding several others. One of the wounded soldiers is in serious condition.
Central Asia’s ’Water Wars” Are Heating Up
Access to water has been a historical point of tension in Central Asia, and climate change appears to be adding fuel to the fire …
U.S. sanctions Chinese firm selling video surveillance tech to Iran
The Biden administration on Thursday blacklisted a Chinese video surveillance company that officials say is implicated in the repression of Uyghurs in China and that provided U.S.-made technology to …