US home construction increase by 17.3% in June from previous month
Jul 19, 2020 18:20 pm UTC| Economy
US home construction went up 17.3 percent to 1,186,000 homes in June from the previous month, after some states reopened. It was the second straight month of increase after a modest recovery in May followed sharp...
Google bans messages that promote coronavirus conspiracy theory
Jul 19, 2020 12:45 pm UTC| Economy
Google would prohibit websites and apps from running ads on content about the coronavirus pandemic against scientific consensuses, such as conspiracy theories. The conspiracy theories include the notion that the Chinese...
S. Korea to add 2.4 GW of offshore wind farm capacity
Jul 19, 2020 06:54 am UTC| Economy
South Korea earmarked 14 trillion won for building offshore wind farms with a capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW) on its southwestern coast by 2028 to supply power to around 2.24 million households. The total budget will be...
Moon pushes for tax policies to encourage stock investments
Jul 19, 2020 01:47 am UTC| Economy
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea stressed that government policies such as taxation should encourage retail stock investors to boost the countrys equity market. Moon, responding to the plan to expand capital gains...
Indonesia, Australia to carry out worker exchange as part of trade tariff deal
Jul 17, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Economy
Indonesian workers could get up to six months of training and work experience in Australia in a worker-exchange program to boost its human resources. The workers would mainly come from the health care,...
We could lose $30 billion in weeks from cyberwar. But the real loss is the erosion of public trust
Jul 16, 2020 14:15 pm UTC| Economy
The Australian Cyber Security Growth Network (AustCyber) on Monday released a report modelling the potential impact of cyberattacks and sustained digital outages on Australia. The Digital Trust Reports modelling...
Jul 16, 2020 14:14 pm UTC| Economy
The image of scientists standing beside governors, mayors or the president has become common during the pandemic. Even the most cynical politician knows this public health emergency cannot be properly addressed without...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight