The current double-barreled problem of recession/inflation {RI) has short-run and long-run causes. Both causes have deep roots. Both will be with us for a long time. But the bad thing is that we will get a one-two punch. Just about the time the short-run RI cause (excess demand from too much money/too few goods) matures and in […]Continue Reading
The army has suspended a sergeant major who is absent without leave and is wanted by police for allegedly hacking the personal data of 55 million Thais.Continue Reading
The 2019 satirical film “Eeb Allay Ooo!” highlights the grim reality of India’s employment crisis. The protagonist, who lacks marketable skills, takes on the impossible job of chasing away monkeys from public spaces. The subcontractor, not happy with his employee’s performance, hurls insults, withholds his wages and finally fires him. The film unwittingly captures what is wrong […]Continue Reading
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim triumphantly returned from his maiden visit to Beijing last week, where he bagged as much as $39 billion in new investment pledges from the Asian superpower. With those deals in hand, Anwar effusively described his counterpart Xi Jinping as a “visionary” who had “not only changed the course of […]Continue Reading
A motorist has captured the moment the car drove through flames and smoke near the eastern city of Gangneung.Continue Reading
Police on Tuesday morning raided 16 premises in connection with the online gambling network linked to a police inspector and arrested three suspects, including the alleged money manager.Continue Reading
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Tuesday (Apr 11) overturned a lower court’s controversial order to delay 2024 presidential and general elections by two years, arguing it had overstepped its jurisdiction and had no authority to make the decision. The Jakarta High Court’s decision, after an appeal by Indonesia’s election commission, willContinue Reading
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court was due on Tuesday (Apr 11) to decide an appeal by the country’s election commission against a controversial lower court order to delay 2024 presidential and general elections by two years. Proceedings were underway on Tuesday at the Jakarta High Court ahead of the ruling onContinue Reading
BEIJING: All new artificial intelligence (AI) products developed in China will be required to undergo a “security assessment” before being released to the public, a sweeping new draft law by the country’s internet regulator showed Tuesday (Apr 11). “Before providing services to the public that use generative AI products, a securityContinue Reading
HONG KONG: China’s cyberspace regulator unveiled draft measures on Tuesday (Apr 11) for managing generative artificial intelligence services, saying it wants firms to submit security assessments to authorities before they launch their offerings to the public. The rules drafted by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) come as several governmentsContinue Reading