The 24 reactors, effective at generating 23, two hundred and fifty megawatts, are focused in four locations – 5 in order to 7 reactors for each one location : with about 5 million people living within 30km from the plants, according to 2019 data compiled by resistance lawmaker Wi Seong-gon.Continue Reading
Created to integrate seamlessly in to the lush Balinese jungle, Rumah Fajar or House of Dawn, is a luxurious home that draws motivation from its surroundings.Continue Reading
Disease, drought and debt will have worldwide effects, says the Financial Times’ Megan Greene.Continue Reading
TAIPEI: A US lawmaker delegation arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday (Sep 7) on a previously unannounced trip, the latest group of senior officials from the country to visit the island and defying Beijing which has reacted with anger to such trips. The de facto US embassy in Taiwan said theContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has asked online retail giant Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable car seatbelt alarms, transport minister Nitin Gadkari told Reuters, citing potential safety risks. Though the sale of the metal clips is not illegal, such devices and broader road safety issues have comeContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank governor Perry Warjiyo said on Wednesday (Sep 7) that the benchmark interest rate was set to rise further, but not to expect policy tightening to be as aggressive as the US Federal Reserve. “If I say BI (Bank Indonesia) rate won’t rise, I’ll be lying. ButContinue Reading
Woodside and industry experts have long said that it would cost billions more to develop Sunrise via Timor-Leste instead of Darwin. Ramos-Horta said that it made no sense to him to send the gas to Darwin, which would require a 500km pipeline, rather than to Timor-Leste with a 200km pipeline,Continue Reading
Malaysia on Wednesday (Sep 7) scrapped its mask mandate for indoor settings, with business owners allowed to decide whether to impose their own face mask requirements. “Face masks indoors will be optional effective immediately,” said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, adding that masks remain mandatory for COVID-19 cases, and in publicContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak used his personal bank account to issue RM8.4 million (US$1.87 million) in cheques to individuals, political entities and companies between 2011 and 2012, the High Court heard on Wednesday (Sep 7). Among the individual recipients of the cheques were former land and cooperative developmentContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers and Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Wednesday (Sep 7) announced that a banker’s guarantee and performance bond would no longer be required when hiring Filipino domestic workers in Singapore. Singaporean employment agencies and employers are required to purchase a $5,000 security bondContinue Reading