Erdogan’s grip on power threatened by devastating earthquake
The earthquake that struck Turkey on February 6 is first and foremost a human tragedy, one that has taken the lives of at least 45,000 people to date. The disaster also has major implications for the country’s economy – the financial loss from the damage is estimated to be US$84 billion – and its politics. […]Continue Reading
How Erdogan got back in the money
Buoyed by imports from China and exports to Russia, Turkey’s economy grew by 5.3% in 2022, after expanding 11.4% in 2021. Only two years ago, the country’s currency was melting down and government bond yields spiked to 24%. Now its stock market is the world’s top performer with a year-on-year gain of 70% while the […]Continue Reading
Digital Transformation Is Crucial for Better Trade in the Post-Pandemic World
As import demands increase and disrupted supply chains hold back cross-border trade, automation is finding new ways to disrupt traditional trade barriers and providing important lessons for both ASEAN and the E.U.
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Assad’s rule complicates Syrian earthquake recovery
The human toll of the massive earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria this month has been devastating. Combined, more than 46,000 people have perished, millions of children are homeless, and entire communities have been obliterated. While Turkey has borne the brunt of the disaster – deaths there have surpassed 40,000 – Syria’s crisis is no less severe. […]Continue Reading
More graduates remained unemployed 6 months after leaving school in 2022, but median salaries up: Survey
The survey — conducted by the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University and Singapore University of Social Sciences — also found that the median gross monthly salary among fresh graduates in full-time permanent employment rose to S$4,200, from S$3,800 in 2021. The increase was the mostContinue Reading
Can China develop a ChatGPT rival, given strict Communist Party controls?
Xu’s Yuanyu Intelligent launched ChatYuan, a ChatGPT-inspired service as a mini-app on Tencent Holdings’ WeChat in January, touting it as the first generative AI pre-trained by Chinese language models. However, China’s restrictions on online discussion limit the data sets which scientists use to train AI chat models. Xu said thatContinue Reading
Store owner says excise officers extorted her
Five excise officers who allegedly extorted 5,500 baht from a 75-year-old grocery store owner in Sai Mai district on Feb 13 are being summonsed to face charges, Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) police said on Sunday.Continue Reading
North Korea fires two more missiles into its Pacific ‘firing range’
But prospects for a new round of UN sanctions appear slim given the previous vetoes by Russia and China amid the Ukraine crisis and a Sino-US feud over a Chinese balloon in American skies. South Korea’s military condemned the launches as a “grave provocation” that should stop immediately. President YoonContinue Reading
North Korea fires ballistic missiles, warns on turning Pacific into ‘firing range’
SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday (Feb 20), Seoul said, Pyongyang’s second launch in 48 hours as Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of turning the Pacific into a “firing range”. South Korea’s military said they had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles fired fromContinue Reading
Australian man killed by shark at popular beach in New Caledonia
The attack, which took place before horrified onlookers, is the third in Nouméa in as many weeks.Continue Reading