The package will contribute to financing Cairo’s metro expansion, which would link Egypt’s 6th of October City to the Giza plateau. Total Japanese investments in Egypt have so far amounted to US$3 billion.
Thailand’s election race heats up with Pheu Thai Party dominating poll
Pheu Thai, which has a long-standing affiliation with former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, won the backing of 41.37 per cent of roughly 162,000 eligible voters surveyed between April 10 and 20.
Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
Abortion is legal in Japan up to 22 weeks but consent is usually required from a spouse or partner, and until now a surgical procedure had been the only option.
Thai election: a quick guide to the parties and major candidates, from Paetongtarn Shinawatra to Pita Limjaroenrat
Pro-democrats hope to oust the ruling coalition of former army types and conservatives, in an election set to be Thailand’s most unpredictable in two decades.
UK online betting reforms receive lukewarm response from gambling industry
New plans to increase the regulation of online gambling in the UK contain few surprises, but leave many questions unanswered, according to two legal experts.
Typhoon Rai marooned ship catches fire in central Philippines
Workers were cutting metal scraps from the MV Diamond Highway, which has been on the shorelines of Lapu-Lapu City since December 2021 when 100 vessels sank or ran aground during Typhoon Rai.
Death sentence upheld for Thai ex-school principal robber who killed 3
The Supreme Court called Prasitthichai Khaewkao ‘outrageously, ruthlessly inhuman’ for the attack, which included the death of a 2-year-old.
Unitary SPCs law proposed to complement unitary patents
Pharmaceutical companies will be able to apply for supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) centrally before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and obtain new unitary SPCs in future to complement new unitary patents granted, under proposals outlined by the European Commission
Elderly Japanese man opens free cafe in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Fuminori Tsuchiko, 75, first visited as a tourist, then returned after Russia invaded, living in a subway station and working as a volunteer distributing food.
Only a strong, united Asean can withstand pressure of US-China great power rivalry
Asean leaders must do more to strengthen the bloc’s unity and counter mutual distrust, such as through trade, education and cultural exchanges.