A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to enter South Korea’s southern port city of Busan on March 15 for joint springtime war games, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier will come into the Busan port to participate in the Foal Eagle field training exercises, the U.S.-South Korea combined forces […]
Namibia’s telecommunication operator on Thursday announced the installation of its cutting-edge wireless broadband technology in Zambia which reduces signal interference and enables greater coverage with less infrastructure. Paratus Telecom Group, one of Namibia’s privately-owned telecommunication firm which operates in Zambia under its subsidiary Paratus Telecom Zambia, said the JET Bi-Directional Beamforming PtMP base station system […]
South Korea’s headline inflation stayed at a high level due to higher oil prices, a government report showed Friday. Consumer prices rose 1.9 percent in February from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. The consumer price inflation slightly fell from 2.0 percent in January, but it stayed at a higher level compared with recent […]
New Zealand’s pillar farming industry has voiced dismay at the trade policies of the new United States administration under President Donald Trump. The Federated Farmers industry association on Friday issued a statement saying Trump’s “willingness to shun international trade conventions will have serious and deeply felt implications for New Zealand’s export trade.” “The new president’s […]
The New Zealand government Friday unveiled plans to crack down on multinationals that profit from exploiting tax loopholes. Three consultation papers proposed new measures in line with international recommendations to strengthen the taxing of large multinationals, Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Revenue Minister Judith Collins said in a statement. “Our broad-based low rate tax system […]
Protectionism under the new United States administration of President Donald Trump poses the greatest potential risk to the New Zealand economy, the head of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said Thursday. Before the U.S. election, Trump had suggested tariffs of 45 percent should be imposed on Chinese imports, while House Republicans were pushing […]
Australian scientists said a ground-breaking research project into one family will unlock the secrets of prostate cancer. Researchers from Melbourne’s Menzies Institute will study the tumors of men from one Tasmanian family which has had 32 cases of prostate cancer in two generations to try and better understand the cancer. The world-first study will examine […]
The UN Security Council on Wednesday “condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks” that occurred earlier in the day in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed at least 15 people and injured dozens. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on targets including a police headquarters in the […]
The brains of obese people could be “wired” to seek out fatty foods, Australian scientists have found. Researchers from the Bio-Medicine Discovery Institute at Monash University are investigating the messaging system between the brain and the body with hopes of discovering the neurological cause of obesity. “There is no question the brain is the key […]
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