The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private investment arm of the World Bank Group, is funnelling US$150 million to the Union Bank of the…
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Amid fireworks, Tokyo’s opening ceremony begins
With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has started.
It began with a single female athlete at the center of the stadi…
Tokyo Olympics: Protesters gather outside the stadium as the fanfare of opening ceremony is met with mixed reactions
Protesters were audible outside the Olympic stadium, reflecting widespread unease as the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Games got underway on Friday, while further afield Tokyo…
China’s Xi urges people in Tibet to ‘follow the party’ in first visit as president
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony for Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China May 14, 2019. REUTERS/J…
AstraZeneca and Pfizer to be used as booster doses for Thai medics – DDC
Photos by GABRIEL BOUYS and Ronny Hartmann / AFP The AstraZeneca vaccine will be used as a third, booster dose for medical personnel before the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine, af…
BlackRock leans on company boards for better climate results
The world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock rejected almost five times more board directors at companies, including oil giant, Exxon Mobil and conglomerate, Berkshire Hathawa…
Thailand reports one VITT case in 5 million people given AstraZeneca vaccine
Only one case of Vaccine-induced immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), or clogged arteries, has been reported among more than five million people in Thailand who have received…
Circular economy entrepreneur and Muuse founder Brian Reilly passes away
Brian Reilly, founder and chief executive of Singapore-based container reuse startup Muuse, has passed away.
The American circular economy entrepreneur was 41 years old.
Reilly con…
Gaffes and mis-steps have overshadowed Tokyo Olympic preparations
It all began so well. Back in 2013 in Buenos Aires, Tokyo was selected as the host city for the Olympic Games in 2020, the second time the city was to host the summer Games since i…
Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33
Residents chat on a muddy street after severe flooding and landslide in recent days have hit the county-level Gongyi city, near Zhengzhou, in central Chinas Henan province on Ju…
