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India and UAE to develop Sri Lanka energy hub
Reuters, Published on 05/04/2025
» COLOMBO - India and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, the Indian foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi’s competition with China grows in the Indian Ocean island nation.
US firms to invest over $1bn in Philippines amid ‘iron-clad’ ties
Reuters, Published on 11/03/2024
» MANILA: US companies are set to announce investments amounting to more than $1 billion dollars in the Philippines, United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said during an official visit to Manila on Monday.
Asian Games 2023: from robot dogs to hot meals vending machines, Chinese tech firms chase new customers in Hangzhou
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/10/2023
» The Asian Games in Hangzhou has provided a stage for local Big Tech firms and start-ups alike to showcase their latest gadgets and services, offering a window into China's technological ambitions.
Recount doubles number of islands in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 28/02/2023
» TOKYO: The number of listed islands in Japan has more than doubled to 14,125 under a recount, compared to the 6,852 last tallied around 35 years ago, a government agency said on Tuesday.
S. Korea will replace all diesel trains with carbon-free locomotives
Pulse, Published on 05/01/2021
» South Korea will replace all of its diesel passenger locomotives with low-carbon bullet trains by 2029, as the country moves forward to turn carbon neutral by 2050 and take the lead in global transportation infrastructure sector.
S. Korea to put forward adoption of mobile driving licence
Pulse, Published on 24/06/2020
» South Korea will put forward the adoption of its mobile driving licence a year earlier than the government’s initial plan as demand for contactless services has grown sharply in the era of the coronavirus.
Sri Lanka blasts show Asia is fertile ground for IS ideology
AFP, Published on 03/05/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR - The Islamic State group's self-proclaimed "caliphate" may have collapsed in the Middle East but Asia provides fertile territory for a resurrection, analysts say, as last month's bloody Easter Sunday suicide attacks in Sri Lanka have shown.
German political deadlock broken
The Associated Press, Published on 12/01/2018
» BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats took a big step on Friday toward forming a new German government, sealing a preliminary agreement in which they vowed to strengthen the EU and keep a lid on the number of migrants entering the country.