At China’s largest trade fair, exporters worry about global economy
GUANGZHOU: Chinese exporters exhibiting their products at the country’s largest trade fair said the weak global economy was hurting their businesses, with many freezing investments and some cutting labour costs in response. The subdued mood at the Canton Fair in the southern city of Guangzhou suggests China’s unexpected jump inContinue Reading
More Covid-19 cases expected after Songkran
The Bureau of Epidemiology expects the Covid-19 caseload to rise after the Songkran Festival because of people’s activities during the festival and their travel, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said.Continue Reading
Songkran road accidents claim nearly 200 lives
During the first five days of Songkran festival travel, traffic accidents killed 197 people and injured 1,738 others, according to the Interior Ministry.Continue Reading
Paetongtarn as PM would solve economic problems: poll
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra, a prime ministerial candidate of the Pheu Thai Party, would be good at solving economic problems if she is chosen to take the position, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.Continue Reading
Fumio Kishida vows G7 security boost after smoke bomb
Fumio Kishida said Japan must “maximise” security for G7 officials after an object was thrown at him.Continue Reading
Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child
. MEXICO CITY: Authorities claimed that on Saturday, April 15, armed men stormed a beach in the state of Guanajuato in northern Mexico, where drug cartel violence was becoming more and more pervasive. The aftermath of the assault was captured on video that was widely circulated on social media inContinue Reading
The emerging new world economy
The emerging new always both frightens and inspires the fading old. History is evidence of that unity of opposites. Sharp-edged rejections of what is new clash with enthusiastic celebrations of it. The old gets pushed away even as bitter denials of that reality surge. The emerging new world economy displays just such contradictions. Four major […]Continue Reading
South Korea fires warning shots after North’s boat crosses sea border
SEOUL: South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border on Saturday (Apr 15), South Korea’s military said a day after the incident which came amid recent tension over the North’s missile tests. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it fired warningContinue Reading
China launches weather satellite, flights avoid no-fly zone to north of Taiwan
). Although Taiwan has issued a notice to airmen, or NOTAM, that uses the wording” airspace blocked due to aerospace flight activity ,” China has argued that it is incorrect to refer to it as” no-fly zone.” Although some rocket launch debris reportedly fell into the” warning zone” off theContinue Reading
Paetongtarn still most favourite for PM: Nida Poll
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra, the Pheu Thai Party’s No 1 candidate for prime minister, is still on top of other persons in terms of suitability for the post of prime minister in the 2nd pre-election poll by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.Continue Reading