Aboriginal group seeks $1.1 billion from Western Australia in iron ore claim
MELBOURNE - An Aboriginal group is seeking A$1.8 billion ($1.1 billion) from Western Australia in compensation after the state government allowed Fortescue to mine for iron ore without a land use deal ...
Asia’s Wild West nature spurs its fintech surge—but Binance’s CEO thinks Western companies will still have an ‘outsized say’ in the financial system
Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suggested Tuesday that Western firms were going to ...
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Western tour operators enter North Korea for first time since Covid-19 pandemic
SEOUL - Western tour agencies entered North Korea for the first time on Feb 13 since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ...
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Why Asia’s Carbon Emissions Are Erasing Western Progress
But, across Asia Pacific, emissions jumped 4.9%, an increase equivalent to triple the combined decline in the U.S. and EU. This continues a trend that has been ongoing for decades. Consider that ...
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The Fertile Crescent, explained
Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University of Chicago Egyptologist James Henry Breasted, refers to a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia. Formed by the Tigris and ...
Western Australia calls election in test for Albanese before national vote
The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime Minister ...
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Western defense companies size up Vietnam’s military market
(U.S. Embassy in Vietnam) HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam has traditionally been a loyal client of Soviet and Russian military equipment, but Western companies are looking at the Southeast Asian nation ...