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How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola is smuggled out of Sudan
Business, Richa Naidu and Khalid Abdelaziz of Reuters, Published on 05/03/2025
» LONDON/DUBAI - Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's candy, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, complicating Western companies' efforts to insulate their supply chains from the conflict.
Tin market spooked by Myanmar supply worries
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2023
» LONDON: Tin prices have leapt higher on news of a possible production halt in Myanmar, the world’s third-largest producer of the metal.
Ex-Wirecard CEO goes on trial over 'unparalleled' fraud
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» FRANKFURT, Germany: Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun goes on trial in Munich this week for his role in the collapse of the once-celebrated payments firm, brought down by the biggest accounting fraud scandal in German corporate history.
Myanmar jade traders squeezed between junta and rebels
AFP, Published on 05/11/2021
» Myanmar jade traders are running from junta troops and dodging rebel attacks to sell dwindling volumes of the green gemstone, as the billion-dollar industry loses its shine months on from the coup.
Bitcoin goldrush sparks fears of speculative bubble
AFP, Published on 19/02/2021
» LONDON: Bitcoin has enjoyed a record-breaking week after electric carmaker Tesla and Wall Street finance giants sparked a goldrush for the world's most popular virtual currency, but bubble fears persist.
The pendulum is swinging
Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/03/2020
» Politics in the "Land of the Free" has entered a new era with the help of social platforms and internet ubiquity. Thailand is more politically diverse than it was just a few years ago when the kingdom was divided into three camps: anti-Thaksin, pro-Thaksin and those who were just indifferent to politics.
Mobile security risks soaring
Business, Published on 06/05/2019
» Backdoors, malicious cryptomining, fake apps and banking Trojans all increased substantially in 2018, propelled by cybercriminals' quest for illicit profits, according to the latest Mobile Threat Report from the security firm McAfee. Most notably, the number of fake app detections increased from around 10,000 in June 2018 to nearly 65,000 in December.
Female motortaxi drivers on the rise in Bangkok
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» Hair pulled back tightly as she lounges on her red scooter, Ar is a rare sight among the male-dominated ranks of Bangkok's "Win" motortaxi riders plying their trade on the capital's treacherous roads.
Ghost tourism
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/06/2018
» One evening last December, Swayam Tiwari was looking for the sepulchre of John Nicholson in a Christian cemetery in old Delhi.
Juncker's 'monster' wins top EU job
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» BRUSSELS: he powerful chief of staff to Jean-Claude Juncker, Martin Selmayr, will take a top post in the European Commission in a move announced on Wednesday which means he can stay on after his boss steps down next year.