Mumbai: One of the arrested gang members, dealing in stolen mobiles, was part of 43 WhatsApp groups, where he auctioned the handsets to resellers from Nepal and Bangladesh after changing the IMEI …
QuickCheck: Has Nasa ever been sued for landing on Mars?
SINCE 1997, a claim has floated online that three Yemeni men tried to sue the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in the United States for landing a probe on Mars. Did this really …
Debris from Chinese rocket crash found in Indonesia and Malaysia
Some pieces of the big Chinese rocket that fell to Earth over the weekend have been found on the ground in Southeast Asia. The 25-ton (22.5 metric tons) core stage of a Long March 5B rocket crashed …
Korea’s sudden property slump tests world’s most indebted consumers
South Korea’s property market has abruptly gone from sizzling hot to floundering, piling pressure on some of the world’s most debt-saddled consumers as the sector experiences the fastest interest rate …
Insight – As one Evergrande falls, another rises in the Saudi desert
EVERYTHING about Neom – the futuristic city being developed near the shores of the Red Sea by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – seems fantastical.
Korea’s sudden property slump tests world’s most indebted consumers
South Korea’s property market has abruptly gone from sizzling hot to floundering, piling pressure on some of the world’s most debt-saddled consumers as the sector experiences the fastest interest rate …
Korea Exports Extend Gains, Suggesting Global Resilience
South Korea’s exports extended gains in July, suggesting ongoing resilience in a global economy that’s under pressure from elevated energy prices, rising interest rates and China’s virus restrictions.
China’s Property Crisis Threatens to Drag Down Steel Industry
China’s steel industry is entering a precarious new era as a worsening property crisis imperils demand and Beijing’s construction-led growth model looks increasingly untenable.
South Korea Ruling Party Acting Leader Offers to Quit Amid Infighting
The acting leader of South Korea’s ruling party offered to resign over in-fighting in the People Power Party, adding to the growing woes for new President, Yoon Suk Yeol, whose approval ratings have …
Georgia’s Gun Laws Are Forcing Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival to Cancel This Year
The annual event takes place in Piedmont Park, a public space where guns are permitted and a short-term tenant of that property can’t enforce its own ban …