From the removal of the mask requirement in public transport and some healthcare settings to scaling down financial support, here are the changes to Singapore’s COVID-19 policy.Continue Reading
Getting Bangkok ready for the consequences of climate change is crucial for saving this megacity from being submerged under rising sea levels, climate experts say.Continue Reading
Following fatal accidents involving discretionary right turns, such junctions have been installed with the red-amber-green turning arrow where feasible. CNA looks at how such traffic junctions are redesigned.Continue Reading
On Thursday, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Transport announced that “representatives of Uzbekistan’s Temir Yollari JSC, the national railway company, arrived in the Kyrgyz Republic to participate in the opening of a joint Project Office to coordinate the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway.” This news was not an isolated event but rather further confirmation that […]Continue Reading
India should make use of its 2023 G20 presidency role to progress the cryptocurrency rules agenda in order to coast up the burgeoning global market and reap the economic rewards for itself. Yet this would be quite the particular turnaround as turmoil seems to reign great in India over the subject of electronic currencies. The mouthpiece governor of […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading
Part 1 is here. It is vital for India to identify critical dependencies, with criticality being defined in terms of the essentiality, quantitative utility and multi-sector relevance of the imported items (product categories and subcategories) as well as the singularity, stability, and vulnerability of their import origins vis-à-vis the viability and readiness of domestic and […]Continue Reading
Heavy snowfall in Japan has left at least eight people dead, national broadcaster NHK reported on Friday (Dec 23), citing Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The heavy snow across northern and western Japan has prompted weather officials to call on residents to stay alert for winter blizzards. Japan is currentlyContinue Reading
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the response from the Middle East was mixed. Turkey opposed the incursion, Qatar fretted about replacing Russian gas, while Saudi Arabia offered to mediate. Taken together, it was a balanced approach between not antagonizing Moscow and standing with Kiev. Yet six months later, when Taiwan found itself in the crosshairs of another authoritarian […]Continue Reading
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Almost US$451mil loans disbursed to MSMEs across Malaysia and Indonesia Access to financing has long been a point of contention for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), even before the pandemic. According to industry studies over half of MSMEs…Continue Reading
78% increase in high-severity vulnerabilities from 2020 to 2022Â
Identified vulnerabilities in 75% of the most common industrial controllers Microsoft has released its third edition of Cyber Signals, a regular cyber threat intelligence brief spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from its 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts.Â
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