The Ukrainian service YouControl has conducted a survey to find out what countries invest more and more actively in the economy of Ukraine. Eurasiatoday.ru reported the details. It is specified that foreign investment means participation in the authorized or share capital of foreign companies or the beneficial owner must be a citizen of another state, […]
Read MoreKrasnoyarsk is hosting the 11th Russian-Kyrgyz Interregional Conference. More than 700 representatives of business, public organisations and authorities of the two countries are taking part in its business programme. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov addressed the conference with welcoming words. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk and Chairman […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia is reviewing rules in a government programme to subsidise micro loans, a senior minister said on Thursday, after the country’s banking regulator signalled it would turn down the government’s request to relax rules on loan restructuring. President Joko Widodo last month proposed reinstating until 2025 a COVID-era loan restructuring policy, which allowed banks […]
Read MoreBeijing has been regularly inviting Myanmar’s junta-appointed ministers to China on various official visits. But it was a late June visit by ex-president Thein Sein that sparked international headlines. And just over a week later, the Myanmar military leadership’s No 2 man Soe Win made an official trip to attend a forum in Qingdao in […]
Read MoreBY ABHISHEK SHARMA and RAJOLI SIDDHARTH JAYAPRAKASH On June 12, Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, penned a special message for President Putin for Russia Day, characterising their bilateral relations as a ‘far-reaching strategic relationship’. This description of ties between Pyongyang and Moscow symbolised a new bonhomie between the two leaders and marked a […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s defence ministry said on Thursday it was closely watching Chinese military movements after a surge in warplanes joined drills with China’s Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The Chinese military exercises coincide with a NATO summit in Washington where a draft communique says China has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war effort in […]
Read MoreBy Joseph Sipalan Alliances in Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government may be tested following a ruling by the parliamentary speaker to allow opposition MPs to retain their seats despite having been sacked by their party, testing the constitution’s anti-party hopping law designed to prevent political instability. The speaker’s decision will likely “come back to […]
Read MoreA backlog of 1,150 truckloads of humanitarian aid is waiting to be collected from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Israel said on Wednesday, prompting the United Nations to say: “We’re doing what we can.” COGAT, an Israeli defence ministry agency tasked with coordinating aid deliveries into Palestinian […]
Read MoreBy Jean Iau Singapore has approved 16 species of insects for human consumption, but experts and industry players say it may be difficult to persuade people to add creepy crawlies to their meal plan. On Monday, the Singapore Food Agency announced that it allowed the import of insects and insect products, which pose “low regulatory […]
Read MoreBangladesh has officially joined the Colombo Security Conclave(CSC) as its fifth member state, says Asian News International. The CSC is a grouping that includes India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and the Maldives. They welcomed Bangladesh into the grouping at the 8th Deputy National Security Adviser (DNSA) level meeting hosted virtually by Mauritius today. Seychelles participated as […]
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