Ai Fen, director of the emergency department at the Central Hospital of Wuhan, was on the frontline when she started seeing patients with a mysterious SARS-like pneumonia. A snapshot of her initial report – which warned that the illness was likely to be highly contagious and dangerous – was sharedContinue Reading
Nearly two years on from a military coup, Myanmar has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Clara Ferreira Marques.Continue Reading
From September-December 2022, North Korea had its most active missile testing period in history, including a day in November featuring a 23-missile barrage. Whether it was the technical need for testing systems under development, training for missile crews, capability demonstrations for international messaging or taking advantage of a permissive international environment (in which China and Russia […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
Two critical issues have been increasingly affecting the situation between Washington and Seoul, whose frequent invocations of rock-solid alliance cooperation belie unease about crucial areas of partnership First, South Korea desires ever more alliance-partner defense and security reassurance from the US in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear threat and Chinese revisionism. Yet […]Continue Reading
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s modest response to it, has placed the governments of Central Asia in an unenviable position — aware that Russia does not fully respect their sovereignty and has no qualms about using force while recognizing that no one would provide sufficient assistance if they became a target of Russian aggression. […]Continue Reading
Claims JHB1 will be the most sustainable data centre in Malaysia
Will be funded under AirTrunkâs sustainability linked loan framework Australian based Asia Pacific hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk, announced last week its entry into Malaysia with plans to develop a Australian dollar multi-billion 150+ megawatt (MW) data centre. Named AirTrunk JHB1…Continue Reading
Transportation costs have been driven up by three-fold to about US$13,000 compared to pre-pandemic years. With China’s reopening, Mr Lam is hopeful that things will look up in the new year. REOPENING IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR China’s reopening after nearly three years of closure is not just good newsContinue Reading
KATHMANDU: At least one person died and more than two dozen houses were damaged in a remote Nepalese district after an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the Himalayan nation on Tuesday (Jan 24), officials said, as tremors were felt as far as India’s capital New Delhi. Military and police teamsContinue Reading