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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday that the country would undertake 15 downstream megaprojects this year as part of his priority programme.
BOGOR: President Prabowo Subianto highlighted that his administration would persist with the downstreaming policy pioneered by seventh president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) this year by executing 15 high-value projects.
Experts say meeting between Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs and private sector leaders represents ‘explicit’ call to action
KUALA LUMPUR: A rise in huge, opaque infrastructure and mining projects threatens to destroy and open up the world's last remaining rainforests to development, researchers warned on Thursday.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Sunday (Feb 16, 2025)
Soon after the overthrow of the authoritarian president of Syria, Bashar Assad, a hashtag gathered steam on Egyptian social media: 'It’s your turn, dictator.''
Public views of China in sub-Saharan countries are overwhelmingly positive, Asia Society survey shows
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (Nov 13, 2024)
China rolled out the red carpet on Monday for leaders from across Africa, seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development.
The country rolled out the red carpet for leaders from across Africa, seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development.
Beijing shows signs of frustration as megaprojects in Pakistan, including Gwadar port and CPEC, face growing security risks, observers say
At a gleaming white hangar on Saudi Arabia’s western coast last year, the kingdom’s business and political elite gathered to applaud one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s or MBS riskiest bets yet.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and China’s Xi Jinping agreed to strengthen relations between their countries across four dimensions during a successful meeting in Beijing on Thursday (Oct 19), the Thai government has announced.
THE house on Villegas Street, in the heart of Old Havana, looks nothing like the stately two-storey home it used to be a century ago, with its high ceilings, wrought iron railings, semicircular arches and stairs covered in white marble.
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey headed for a runoff vote after President Tayyip Erdogan led over his opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's election but fell short of an outright majority to extend his 20-year rule of the NATO-member country.
IN the decade since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power, Egypt has built dozens of motorways that zigzag across Cairo – crushing entire neighbourhoods, precious green spaces and historic gravesites.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The private sector wants a new government formed as soon as possible to avoid risks to investor confidence from the political vacuum, the Thai Chamber of Commerce said on Monday (March 20).
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BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A global-warming expert warned on Wednesday (Aug 31) that Bangkok could face massive flooding similar to what happened in 2011 mainly because of possible 1,200-millimetre rainfall or the so-called “100-year-level rains”.
THE Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched by China’s President Xi Jinping in 2013, with an ambition to connect Asia, Europe and Africa through infrastructure and trade relations.
