MUMBAI: Stock investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, called “India’s Warren Buffett” with an estimated internet worth of US$6 billion, died early on Sunday (Aug 14) at age 62, their family said. A chartered accountant by profession from the desert state of Rajasthan, Jhunjhunwala started dabbling in stocks whilst in college andContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s financial hub Shanghai in china said on Weekend (Aug 13) it will eventually reopen all principal, middle and higher schools, kindergartens and nurseries on Sep 1 after weeks of COVID-19 closures. The city will require all teachers and students to consider nucleic acid testing for the coronavirus dailyContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s financial hub Shanghai said on Weekend (Aug 14) it would reopen all of the schools including kindergartens, primary and center schools on Sep 1 after several weeks of COVID-19 closures. The city will require all instructors and students to take nucleic acid testing for the coronavirus every singleContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea’s foreign ministry on Sunday (Aug 14) rebuked the United Nations Secretary-General’s recent comment on his support for the North’s complete denuclearisation, calling the remarks be short of impartiality and fairness. Northern Korea’s state reports agency KCNA discharged a statement from the foreign ministry after UN chief AntonioContinue Reading
BEIJING: Four people were killed and 9 others injured in a flash flood in southwest China on Sunday (Aug 13), local authorities said. Footage published simply by Chinese media demonstrated water rising quickly in a river on the outskirts of Sichuan province’s Pengzhou city. Tourists who was simply playingContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s foreign ministry on Saturday (Aug 13) expressed “sincere gratitude” towards the United States for taking “concrete actions” to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Strait and the area. US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said upon Friday that Tiongkok “overreacted” to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’sContinue Reading
PHUKET: A 21-year-old Singaporean lady was killed when the car she had been driving hit a tour bus on a hilly road in Muang district in Phuket, Thailand on Friday (Aug 12) night. Another seven other people – including her four Singaporean travellers – were wounded when she droppedContinue Reading
SHENZHEN, China: China’s most populous town Shanghai has prolonged its weekly COVID-19 test requirement plus extended free tests until the end associated with September in a bid to keep the virus under control, authorities announced upon Saturday (Aug 13). Residents without a record of a nucleic acid check from withinContinue Reading
SHENZHEN, The far east: Several regions of Tiongkok including the major southwestern city of Chongqing cooked in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Grad on Saturday (Aug 13), while the state’s national observatory carried on its red notify for high temps. Within Zhejiang, home to numerous factories and exporters, a meteorological officialContinue Reading
TOKYO: Hurricane Meari unleashed weighty rains on Japan’s main Honshu isle as it headed northward Saturday (Aug 13) toward the capital, Tokyo, according to Japanese climate officials. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that Meari made landfall in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, in the afternoon, bringing sudden heavy rains plusContinue Reading