The Taliban have destroyed 20 years of progress on women’s equality and escalated sexual violence since returning to power, say advocates …
After Iraq War horrors, this veteran can’t secure VA housing in Los Angeles
Josh Petitt lived through the nightmare of the Iraq War, working alongside Chris Kyle (of American Sniper fame) and surviving bomb blasts, ambushes, and bloody battles.
The Bangladesh growth story
The World Bank’s recent Change of Fabric report provides an empirical account of the sources of Bangladesh’s growth acceleration in the past four decades. Bangladesh implemented a series of reforms …
China’s holiday home sales fall 37.7% y/y – private survey
Chinese new home sales by floor area fell 37.7% year-on-year over the week-long National Day holiday starting from Oct. 1, a private survey showed on Saturday, as tough COVID-19 curbs further dented …
As Timor-Leste reels at child sex claims against an ex-bishop, a taboo is exposed
Former bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo (Image: AP/Firdia Lisnawati) Timor-Leste is facing a dreadful reckoning with the scourge of child sexual abuse after revelations that one of its revolutionary …
Positive property outlook for Iskandar Malaysia in 2023
DEVELOPERS in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor expect the property market outlook for the country’s first economic growth corridor to remain positive next year.
Yours for £200m? UK’s most expensive house goes up for sale, again
Seven-storey Knightsbridge property overlooking Hyde Park has more living space than American football pitch …
Vietnam Property Tycoon Arrested For Alleged Fraud
A Vietnamese property magnate who heads up the Van Thinh Phat group is in police custody facing fraud allegations, authorities said on Saturday.
Vietnam arrests real estate tycoon over financial frauds
Truong My Lan was accused of illegally issuing bonds to raise trillions of dong from investors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Property tax
THE Walton Cantonment Board, Lahore, has increased the property tax manifold this year for the residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore. The property tax, which was Rs24,516 for my house …