Chevron, PetroChina and other oil firms shipping jet fuel to Myanmar for civilian use may be inadvertently supplying an air force accused of widespread war crimes and should pause all deliveries …
Thailand scraps plan to allow foreigners to buy land
BANGKOK: Thailand is walking back a policy that would have allowed limited land ownership by wealthy foreigners, a government official said on Tuesday, after a public backlash against the plan.
Kuwaiti investors are second biggest purchasers of Turkey real estate
Tourism in Turkey has seen strong investments with 246,000 people visiting the country from Kuwait last year Kuwaiti investors are ranked in second position, following Iraq, for purchases of real …
Japan to track land sales near army bases amid China, Russia, North Korea spying fears
Tokyo aims to use new law to get past shell companies, identify real owners of property that could pose a threat to national security or assets belonging to sanctioned individuals Japanese government …
UN chief proposes debt relief for Pakistan
LAHORE: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed to the international financial institutions and to the G20 nations to create mechanisms of debt relief for middle-income countries …
Why is Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim group buying an old church in Spain?
Indonesia ’s second-largest Muslim organisation is seeking to “enlighten the universe” with its teachings of moderate Islam by converting a Spanish church into a mosque, in what observers say is a bid …
Why China And India Never Got Over The 1962 War
For those who later tried to return to the northeast, a common experience was the complete dispossession of family businesses and property. In other instances, detainees were repatriated to China, …
Evergrande creditors sell ‘Versailles mansion’ plot in Hong Kong
Creditors of the world’s most indebted property company China Evergrande sold a Hong Kong plot intended for the construction of a Versailles-inspired mansion, forcing the Chinese developer to take a …
Real Estate: Inflation and the way forward
By Yiannis Misirlis* During a recent discussion between a young property developer and a real estate agent, the new real estate market conditions came into focus. It was early in the morning, in the …
Building permits August 2022
The number of building permits authorized in Cyprus during August 2022 stood at 510; a fall of 2.5% compared to August 2021.