Myanmar making some progress but fragile
Myanmar’s economy is slowly improving, but it is a fragile recovery. Economic growth is no longer stagnant, but is also “unequal”, with the most of the burden placed on the…
Cambodian PM Hun Sen dumps Facebook on eve of poll campaign
Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a prolific Facebook user, vowed on Thursday to quit posting on the popular social media platform, days before he launches a re-election campaign. Facebook announced Thursday…
Biden unveils election battle plan: ‘Bidenomics’
US President Joe Biden speaks during a high-speed internet infrastructure announcement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2023. / AFP President Joe…
Facility for releasing treated water into sea from Fukushima Daiichi unveiled
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has shown to the media a system to release treated and diluted water from the facility into the ocean. Tokyo…
World’s largest hydro-solar power station at the highest altitude has been put into operation in Tibet
The first phase of the world’s largest hydro-solar power station at the highest altitude has been put into operation beginning Sunday. The first phase of the Kela photovoltaic power station…
32 tonnes of narcotics incinerated on UN International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Thailand incinerated about 32 tonnes of various narcotics today (Monday), worth an estimated 21.4 billion baht on the street, to mark the UN’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…
New search for debris begins at sub site where five explorers perished
A remotely-operated vehicle is being sent down to the debris site off near the Titanic wreckage, it has emerged. Pelagic Research Services told CNN the Odysseus 6 remotely operated vehicle…
King Charles kept updated on missing Titanic sub with key supporter on board | World | News
King Charles has asked to be kept updated on the search for the missing Titanic sub after it emerged one of those on board is a key supporter of two…
Mariupol to be rebuilt as £12b ‘European’ city when Ukraine recaptures it | World | News
The levelled Ukrainian city of Mariupol will rise from the ashes a “new, modern and European” metropolis – with rebuilding work to begin within the next 12 months, its exiled…
TikTok’s venture into e-commerce is paying off
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew delivers his opening speech during the TikTok Southeast Asia Impact Forum 2023 in Jakarta on June 15, 2023. / AFP TikTok’s nascent venture into online…
Italy gives honorable farewell to its longest serving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Italy honoured its longest serving premier yesterday as Silvio Berlusconi was laid to rest during a State Funeral – with tears from his young girlfriend, who sat next to his…
Kyiv says troops are advancing across the entire eastern front | World | News
Ukraine’s army has reported strong gains against Russian forces near Bakhmut and across the entire eastern front – just hours after Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the counteroffensive was underway. Fierce fighting…