Paul Craig Roberts, who served as the US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy in the Ronald Reagan administration, has asked President Vladimir Putin for a Russian passport in a […]
‘My Life as a Putin Stooge’
Return to Botanics – Singapore Botanical gardens
Today in Singapore, we paid a visit to the Singapore botanic gardens. We spend a good few hours meandering through the gardens including the Orchid gardens beige stopping for Indian food at […]
Energy News – China to Build Wind Farm in Russian Karelia
The government of the Russian Republic of Karelia and China State Energy Engineering (Sinomec), a Chinese company, agreed to build an electric wind generating plant in the region, the press office of […]
Gangnam Style! A Guide to Seoul
10 days seemed like a long time to spend in one city at first, but there’s so much to do in Seoul that it ended up being just right. It’s a […]
Europe – Migrant Crisis – Migrant Invasion Could Mean War for Greece and Turkey
Source: TRUNEWS The European Union’s commissioner for migration urged EU member states on Monday (November 28) to take more refugees and send more asylum experts to help with the processing of migrants […]
Japan to build world’s fastest supercomputer
By Tereza Pultarova The Japanese government is to invest 19.5 billion yen (£139m) in building a 130-petaflop supercomputer that will beat the current world’s fastest machine by a significant margin […]
Welcome to Agra! Fort Agra
What a kick ass experience visiting Fort Agra. A UNESCO site, we were brought here by our lovely tour guide (Sami World Travels) which I highly recommend. I really recommend you getting a […]
Eurasian Economic Union to combat counterfeit imports from Asia
November 25, 2016 Kira Egorova, RBTH The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union are beginning to fight counterfeit imports with the help of radio-frequency identification (RFID). Starting on January 1, 2017, RFID […]
Sport – F-1 in South East Asia
Malaysia will stop hosting Formula One race, but the (tourism) show must go on by Surekha Ragavan TWO days ago, Malaysia’s Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz confirmed that Malaysia […]
Vietnam walks away from American-backed trade deal TPP
Vietnam has decided not to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), with the trade deal’s future uncertain under incoming US President Donald Trump.- “The United States has announced it is suspending the submission of […]
Turkey at the crossroads
EU Not the Only Option, Turkey Discusses Accession to SCO – Erdogan The EU membership is not the only option for Turkey, the country’s leadership discusses possible accession to the Shanghai […]
Who Will Rebuild Syria After the War?
Not a single country is capable of restoring Syria, a country devastated by a nearly six-year-long war, on its own, Abdullah al-Dardari, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and […]
A Journey Without Destination
One reason why I love travelling, love being on the road is because I really have the time and chance to reflect everything that was taught to me by my master many […]
5 Days in Tokyo
Day 1 We actually had 6 nights in Tokyo, but because the first day was partly taken up by travelling from Korea and finding our hostel etc, I’ll leave that part out. […]
Volkswagen to shed 30,000 jobs
The company said the job cuts are part of a long-term plan to improve profitability and shift resources and investment to electric-powered vehicles and digital services Volkswagen announced plans on Friday to […]
The End for SWIFT Payment System?
In a major move to explore the use of digital currency in Singapore, the city state’s central bank plans to launch a pilot project with the country’s stock exchange and eight […]
Welcome to Hong Kong! Heritage Walk
I did a LOT on this particular weekend. A LOT. Museum, went out with friends, concert etc. AND I also did a Hong Kong Heritage Walk in Wan Chai. What the fuck […]
Energy News – Saudi Arabia
Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil? By Nick Cunningham – Nov 16, 2016 One of the oil world’s longest and best kept secrets may finally […]
Defense News – EU
By ANDREW RETTMAN AND ESZTER ZALAN BRUSSELS, 15. NOV A jumbo-sized meeting of 56 EU foreign and defence ministers endorsed a plan to create a mini military HQ and to have joint […]
Moldova – Presidential Elections Result – Setback for EU and Berlin
As long as EU (under unquestioned leadership by Germany) continue exclusive approach to non-member states it will keep losing. It is time for someone in Brussels to understand that time of one-sided […]
Travel – Sharing Experience – Interview
We have a travel section as you know and most of articles published in that section are from bloggers rather than from people professionally promoting either destination or hotels, bars, restaurants etc. […]
EU – Turkey relationship
EU criticizes Turkey but not ready to halt membership talks European Union foreign ministers on Nov. 14 criticized Turkey’s crackdown on alleged supporters of a failed military coup in July, but […]
Expat in Asia
Beijing best Asian city to make money, expats say By Johan Nylander Forget quality of life, if it’s money you want, then the Chinese capital is where you should be […]
The Future of Agriculture – URBAN SKY-FARM
Source: APRILLI Seoul, Korea Vertical Farm, Agricultural Center Winner, Concept Category @ Green Dot Design Award 2013 Second Prize, Urban Concept Category @ Rethinking the Future 2014 Special Mention @ WT Smart City Award 2014 […]
