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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 11 (ANI): Tidhar Wald, Deputy Managing Director of Better than Cash Alliance in Kolkata on Wednesday said that India’s G20 presidency has just started but it has already been incredible. We like the inclusion, he said at the conclusion of the first Global Partnership for financial inclusion meeting. Also Read […]

It was supposed to be a symbol of national pride. Now some see Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium as emblematic of everything that’s wrong with Vietnam’s economy. The stands have cracks and dirty puddles, the equipment and changing rooms are shabby and the toilets smell, according to the Nhan Dan newspaper. Even the soccer pitch […]

Author: Yose Rizal Damuri, CSIS The connection between economic integration and political security has long attracted attention. Integration through intensive trade and investment relations has led to greater interdependence and made conflict more costly, helping states to maintain peace and stability. But interdependence can also increase the risk that geopolitical tensions might turn into open […]

An astute scholar of ASEAN from Cambodia, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, has now become the 15th Secretary General of ASEAN. Dr. Kao is no stranger to the academic world, as he used to be active in ASEAN-related think tanks. He has also written books and numerous articles about Cambodia’s foreign policy. He therefore knows exactly […]

(Jakarta) – Indonesia’s new criminal code puts at risk the basic rights of millions of people in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023. Populations already marginalized, including women and girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and religious minority communities will be particularly affected. “The new Indonesian criminal […]

NEW YORK, New York – U.S. stocks rallied hard on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s CPI report, extending the New Year jubilance. “It’s really all today about, kind of positioning ahead of CPI,” Daniel Eye, chief investment officer at Fort Pitt Capital Group told CNBC Wednesday. “You’re trying to get in there ahead of a big, […]

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 11 January 2023 – Following the opening of borders in April last year, the Medical Tourism industry has recorded RM726 million of revenue as of Q3 2022 and is on the way to achieving its RM1 billion target for 2022. It was projected that the sector will bring […]

Hanoi has long hesitated in upgrading its relationship with the United States to a strategic partnership. It should think again. One of the most frequently asked questions in conferences and seminars on U.S.-Vietnam relations is whether the two countries will establish a strategic partnership. In 2013, Vietnam and the U.S. agreed to a comprehensive partnership, […]

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed on Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said preliminary indications “traced the outage to a damaged database file.” The agency […]

Sebastien Vuagnat and Huw Griffith (Agence France-Presse) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Montecito, United States   ●   Thu, January 12 2023 Tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders in California, the United States, on Tuesday as the state was ravaged by the latest in a barrage of storms that have left at least […]