Antisemitism in the US is on the rise – what do US senators and Israeli ministers have to say about it? Save your seat In Hanoi and Beijing, they’re talking about Israel’s public broadcasting crisis, or more accurately why the crisis should not be a pretext for holding new elections. Reporters traveling in Vietnam with President Reuven Rivlin and in China with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were more inclined to report on the broadcasting dilemma and possible election crisis than on bilateral relations.
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Minister opens sixth edition of Cityscape Qatar 2017
Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani along with other officials opening the sixth edition of Cityscape Qatar 2017 at the DECC, yesterday. Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani yesterday opened the sixth edition of Cityscape Qatar 2017 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center .
Air Travel Is the Latest Casualty of China-Korea Tensions
Some airlines are suspending travel between China and South Korea as tensions escalate. A plane operated by Seoul-based Jin Air is shown in this photo.
North Korea intelligence network active in Malaysia: Source
The presence of North Koreans in the country, masquerading behind careers in various fields, was all planned in order to form an organised intelligence network, a source told Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR: While Malaysia and North Korea are doing their best to solve the diplomatic spat between the two governments, attention is now focused on the presence of more than 1,000 North Korean citizens in Malaysia.
Check out the hotel packages and special Airline promotions
The Okura Prestige Bangkok plays host to a Wedding Showcase 2017 on April 1 and 2 joining with experienced wedding planners in offering packages and services. Couples booking their wedding at the event and making a down payment of Bt600,000 will receive a range of benefits including 100 Okura cupcakes, champagne tower, herbal drink and a food station with 100 portions.
US moves parts of controversial missile defence to SKorea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defence system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. The plans to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system, or THAAD, by the end of this year have angered not only North Korea, but also China and Russia, which see the system’s powerful radars as a security threat.
US setting up missile defense system in South Korea
The United States has begun to set up an anti-missile system in South Korea to help protect that nation from a possible North Korean attack. The arrival of the first elements of the system had been long-planned but occurred the day after another round of provocative North Korean missile tests.
Key retailer stocks suffer extended loss…
Stocks of major retailers and their affiliates with business ties to China continued to plunge early Monday morning, as Beijing has intensified its measures against South Korea in what appears to be retaliation for the deployment of an advanced US anti-missile battery. Shares of retail giant Lotte Group affiliates were hammered, with Lotte Shopping Co.
Malaysian mission in Pyongyang should be closed: ex-diplomat
A former ranking Malaysian diplomat has asserted that his country should shut down its embassy in Pyongyang as a countermeasure against North Korea’s alleged assassination of Kim Jong-nam, a half brother of the North’s leader Kim Jong-un, a US broadcaster reported Monday. The Pyongyang-based Malaysian mission which is virtually of no use should be surely closed as a strong message to the North that the acts it is now conducting can never be accepted, Dennis Ignatius was quoted as saying in a phone interview with Voice of America.
Planting, nurturing, growing tourism
THE relatively new regional director of the Department of Tourism, Camiguin-born Catalino Echaves Chan III, is no stranger to Cebu. Chan is the son of the late retired Judge Ceferino Chan and his wife Mercedes Echaves and is named after his uncle and grandfather, Catalino Jr. and Sr. He came to Cebu for his college studies at the University of San Carlos where he was a member of the university dance troupe, becoming its president in his senior year.
Chinese Retaliation Over Antimissile System Has South Korea Worried
Signs that China is orchestrating a corporate boycott against South Korean companies are raising fears here that Beijing is widening its offensive against Seoul’s missile-defense plans.
Chinese Retaliation Over Antimissile System Has South Korea Worried
Signs that China is orchestrating a corporate boycott against South Korean companies are raising fears here that Beijing is widening its offensive against Seoul’s missile-defense plans.
Iranians celebrate 2nd Oscars win for Farhadi
Hundreds of Iranians gathered Friday at Tehran Cinema Museum to celebrate Asghar Farhadi’s recent Academy Awards win for best foreign language film. In his short speech, Farhadi said the film was not a pre-planned project but, he added, ” was not supposed to be made at all.
China’s ‘unofficial’ sanctions rattle South Korea
South Korean businesses were rattled Friday by signs that the deployment of a controversial U.S. missile system in the country could spark a travel boycott by China. The government in Seoul said it believed Chinese authorities had told travel agencies in Beijing to stop selling trips to South Korea, intensifying fears of a trade war between the neighbors.
Bernama Radio’s ‘Kabar Merah Putih’ Now Enters Fourth Season
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Bernama Radio’s production of “Kabar Merah Putih” programme, now in its fourth season, is targetting an increase of 45 per cent Indonesian listeners from its total 550,000 listeners. The programme is broadcast every Saturday from 6 pm to 9 pm and is hosted by two Indonesians.
$500 Hong Kong-Vancouver direct flights on offer in March
Jordan Cheung remembers every place he went when he spent a summer visiting his sister in Vancouver – Stanley Park, the seawall, Lake Louisea . Years later, Cheung is just the traveller he hopes to convince to fly direct from Hong Kong to Vancouver on Hong Kong Airlines.
Saudi king continues tour in Indonesia
Cheering crowds welcomed King Salman Wednesday as he began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia for almost 50 years, seeking stronger economic ties with the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. The king – who is accompanied by about 1,000 people, including princes and ministers – disembarked from his plane using an escalator as he arrived at an airport in Jakarta, the latest stop on an Asian tour.
The strange life, and sudden death, of a North Korean exile
The heavy-set man got out of a taxi one night last September and headed for the lobby bar of the swank Wynn Macau – a quiet place, where women are often in evening dresses and gamblers can relax with $300 Cuban cigars. He was dressed casually.
Finds executive chef Jaakko Sorsa’s favourite Hong Kong restaurants
My first dinner at Bo Innovation was particularly memorable. It was in 2009, sitting at the chef’s table with my wife, Kelly, and we were dazed by the depth of the dishes and the stories behind them, told by the chefs themselves.
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong pins Aramco IPO hopes on China’s deep pockets
HONG KONG, Feb 27 Hong Kong’s stock exchange will bank on its role as a gateway to mainland China’s deep-pocketed investors to take on other leading venues and win the coveted $100 billion listing of Saudi Arabia’s giant state oil company, Aramco, it said on Monday. Charles Li, the CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing , said access to Chinese capital and China’s role as the world’s largest importer of oil made Hong Kong a viable contender in the frantic race between listing venues.
China urges Myanmar to act after workers raid factory
Chinese embassy to Myanmar lodged solemn representations to local authorities on Thursday after a Chinese factory was raided by striking workers, The Paper reported. A Chinese-invested garment factory in an industrial zone in Hlaingtharyar, a new satellite town in the north of Myanmar’s Yangon, was raided by employees Thursday.
Duterte, Widodo eyed to launch Davao-GenSan-Bitung sea route
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are being eyed to launch the Davao-General Santos-Bitung Shipping Route this April 30, 2017. “We are looking into having President Widodo and Philippine Duterte to jointly launch the maiden voyage here in Davao City,” said assistant secretary Romeo Montenegro, Mindanao Development Authority Deputy Executive Director, on Tuesday at the sidelines of the press briefing of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market at Pidoks, Davao City.
Northrop’s Presentation of Bereishit Dance Company is Cancelled, 2/28
Northrop’s planned presentation of Bereishit Dance Company of Seoul, South Korea has been cancelled. The company was scheduled to appear on Tuesday, February 28 as part of the Northrop Dance 2016//17 season, but has not yet been granted visas for their U.S. tour.
Police chief: Airport women smeared poison on Kim’s half-brother
Two women suspected of fatally poisoning the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un were trained to coat their hands with toxic chemicals then wipe them on his face, Malaysian police have said. Inspector general of police Khalid Abu Bakar also announced authorities were now seeking a North Korean diplomat in connection with the attack on Kim Jong Nam on February 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport.
Emerging Markets-Emerging stocks sail to new 19-month highs
Feb 22 Wall Street’s record run helped emerging stocks sail to new 19-month highs on Wednesday with year-to-date gains of over 10 percent, while the rand firmed ahead of a key budget speech by the finance minister. MSCI’s emerging equity index firmed half a percent , led by a 1 percent rise in Hong Kong after New York shares hit record highs and European bourses were boosted by upbeat factory data in Germany and France.
TripAdvisor names 2017’s best beaches in the world
‘Do not breathe under the water’? ‘Falling can be deadly’? You don’t say! The world’s most entirely pointless signs revealed You can marry a dog in India and identify as a dragon in Russia: Revealing the most baffling laws in the world Tourist in Thailand faces up to a year in prison for ‘feeding BREADCRUMBS to fish in a forbidden part of the sea’ A secret floor, a chauffeur-driven Tesla and exclusive ocean views: The $2,100-a-night hotel-within-a hotel where the one per cent hide out in Florida Forget Bond Street: Why a trip to Bicester Village will satisfy all designer label junkies A 15,000sq-foot spa, a cigar room and an in-house cinema: The Austrian ski-in-ski-out five-star hotel that will appease even the most reluctant snow bunny ‘They’re just bags of intestines – full of faeces’: Explorer Ed Stafford reveals that eating TADPOLES was a new low as he tackled the Patagonia wilds … (more)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces Skype Lite just for India
Skype Lite is a lighter, more data friendly version of the video calling app. It will only be available in India.
Ministry seeks to court more Japanese women
The Tourism and Sports Ministry aims to attract more female Japanese tourists to Thailand because they spend more than men. The ministry will promote activities to make Thailand more attractive to Japanese women, such as muay Thai, meditation, shopping, cookery, textile weaving and organic gardening, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said at a luncheon talk entitled, “Empowering Women Leadership in Business and Society”, held by Assumption University.
Police looking for clues in death of NKorea leader’s brother
Police were checking surveillance tapes Wednesday for clues about who may have assassinated the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, a senior official said. An autopsy will also be performed on the body of Kim Jong Nam, police said.
Regus Davao’s sales surpassed by 90%
DAMOSA Land Inc.’s service office spaces, Regus Davao, surpassed its sales targets, beyond what was expected since it opened last September 8, 2016. Regus itself is in 3,000 locations worldwide in 120 countries and has 25 locations in the Philippines of which 21 are in Metro Manila.
Orange imports from around the world crushing Indonesia’s home-grown varieties
INFLOWS of imported oranges have put the country’s own exotic orange variants in a tight squeeze, further jeopardising local businesses that are already facing a hard time against their foreign counterparts. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” does not apply to the sales of Mandarin oranges at Kopro Market in Grogol, West Jakarta.
SIPA giving SMEs, OTOPsdigital lift
THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY Promotion Agency plans to promote 4,000 small and medium-sized enterprises and OTOP entrepreneurs to utilise digital technology to support their businesses. Chainarong Chatrattanawaree, business promotion measures manager at SIPA, said that the agency had develop Entrepreneur Total Digital Services to allow SMEs and OTOP entrepreneurs to utilise digital technology in terms of digital commerce, enterprise resource planning software for SMEs, training and consultants to support their businesses.
650 transgenders in Nepal apply for civil services
Kathmandu, Feb 11 – For the first time in the history of Nepal, 651 transgenders applied for civil service exams conducted by the Public Service Commission last year, a media report said. The forms for civil service jobs exams had three gender options, one for male examinees, the other for females, and the third for the ‘Other’ sex, Kathmandu Post reported.
So what is the “One China” policy?
The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years. What is the ‘One China’ policy? The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years.
So what is the “One China” policy?
The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years. What is the ‘One China’ policy? The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years.
Visa-free policy boosts arrivals
A total of 39,000 visits to China were made using the 144-hour visa-free entry policy within a year of its implementation, according to the Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection. As of the end of January, 36,000 passenger trips at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport were made due to the policy, a surge of more than 80 percent compared to the previous 72-hour visa-free policy.
Burning a hole in the wallet
The Lunar New Year is more than just an important occasion when the entire family reunites – it is also the most expensive event of the year for some Chinese While many Chinese would complain about having eaten too much during the Lunar New Year holidays – feasting is after all a key part of the festivities – others would lament about how their wallets have drastically lost weight. Latest data by China’s Ministry of Commerce shows that retailers and restaurants across the nation generated about 840 billion yuan in revenue, up 11.4 percent year-on-year, during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday this year.
Trade, energy – priority areas for Azerbaijan-Pakistan co-op
News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Azerbaijan and Pakistan intend to develop the economic cooperation and the two countries are aimed at development of cooperation in such areas as policy, economy, defense and security, trade, energy, tourism and humanitarian sphere, said Azerbaijani Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Alizada.
Pakistan thanks India after Kashmiri boy reunites with mother
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan has sent a rare message of thanks to arch-rival India after a five-year-old boy who was taken to India by his father nearly a year ago was reuni ted with his Pakistani mother. Ifthikar Ahmed was handed over to Rohina Kiani by border officials in the town of Wagah in Punjab province on Saturday evening following a long legal battle seeking his return from his father, Gulzar Ahmad Tantray.
The Latest: About 140 Somali refugees sent back to camp
The Latest on the reaction to a court order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries : A Somali refugee says about 140 refugees whose resettlement in the United States was blocked by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration have been sent back to their refugee camp. Nadir Hassan says the group of Somali refugees was relocated to Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya on Saturday.