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Cambodia recorded an average annual foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow growth of 8.1 per cent from 2017 to 2021, according to the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Trends 2022-2023 Country Report for Cambodia by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The FDI inflows growth was higher than the Asia-Pacific’s 3.8 […]

In a surprising break from past trends for US enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), none of the five corporate enforcement actions resolved by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2022, and only two of the six cases resolved by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), involved Asia Pacific countries. Not so […]

(MENAFN) A flotilla of Iranian warships might reach Brazil’s southeastern port city of Rio de Janeiro in the next few days. The Iranian flotilla, included of Dena and Makran warships, set sail from the south of Iran in early autumn with the drive of circumnavigating the world, in line with a Tasnim report. The visit […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Archipelago International, Southeast Asia’s largest privately owned and independent hotel management group, was today presented with the prestigious Caribbean News Digital: Tourism Company of 2022 award at the 18th Edition of the Excelencias Awards, which were hosted at the FITUR International Trade Fair in Madrid, Spain. The Excelencias Awards […]

ALGIERS – Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni arrived Sunday in Algeria for a low-key two-day visit as the two nations look to build up a strategic partnership and Italy works to further wean itself off Russian energy with help from the gas-rich North African country. Algeria’s state television announced Meloni’s arrival with neither photos nor fanfare. She was […]

News Waali latest news updates. China’s new foreign minister made a video appearance at a basketball game in Washington to mark the Lunar New Year, amid intensified efforts to keep tensions between the world powers under control. The icy relations between the world’s two largest economies have shown signs of thawing, with a flurry of […]

Empowering young people to help their friends disclose sexual violence to a safe adult. Protect Children’s innovative new #MyFriendToo website empowers young people to help their friends disclose sexual violence to a safe adult HELSINKI, UUSIMAA, FINLAND, January 23, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — ***Under Embargo until 01/24/2023*** Recent studies show that the friends of children and […]

A growing army of influencers, who have taken up sustainability as a cause, is seeking to expose the environmental damage caused by huge fashion firms like Shein, H&M and Zara, and are promoting sustainable fashion online. Sustainable influencer Masego Morgan was shocked when a fast fashion giant offered her $1,000 for a single social media […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Discussion on the Drug and Food Control Bill as well as Food and Drug Supervisory Agency’s (BPOM’s) independence was restarted at Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR RI) after the cough syrup poisoning tragedy claimed numerous lives. The incident in mid-2022 claimed the lives of around 199 consumers, who chiefly constituted children.  The […]

[Editor’s Note: To mark International Migrants Day on Dec. 18, CNA is publishing a multipart series of reports that take a look at the lives of migrant workers in Taiwan. These individuals play a major role in the local economy and society and bring with them their own unique traditions, culture and faith, which make […]