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Indonesia fireworks factory blaze leaves 47 dead, dozens injured
At least 47 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside Jakarta, police said on Thursday, triggering explosions and sending plumes of black smoke into the air.
The fire broke out at an industrial complex in Tangerang, a satellite city of Jakarta.
“In total 47 people died. We don’t know for sure the number of people who are still unaccounted for,” Harry Kurniawan, Tangerang Kota police chief, told Kompas TV.
Many of…
‘No evidence’ carbon tax drives companies away
By Siau Ming En Despite concerns repeatedly voiced that a carbon tax could dent competitiveness, there is no evidence it has led any company to move out of a country, said a panellist at a Singapore International Energy Week discussion. Forty-seven countries and states today have some form of carbon pricing, such as a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme. Prices range from US$1 to US$140 per tonne of emissions, noted World Bank senior carbon finance specialist Wang Xueman. Asked…
Pakistan vows cooperation in fight against terror groups
Pakistan’s prime minister pledged his country’s cooperation in fighting Islamist militants during talks on Tuesday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who insisted Pakistan do more to curb support for terrorist groups or face US reprisals.
“The US can rest assured that we are strategic partners in the war against terror and that today, Pakistan is fighting the largest war in the world against terror,” Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi told Tillerson just before…
More employment disputes could be subject to mandatory mediation in Singapore
Mandatory mediation could be extended to cover a wider range of employment disputes, Singapore’s minister for manpower has announced.
Grab in Malaysia wants subsidies for trips to and from public amenities
Ride-hailing firm Grab is calling for the Malaysian government to offer subsidies for trips to and from designated transit stations and public amenities, including trips to government hospitals, sports hubs, libraries and Urban Transformation Centre venues in Budget 2018, to be announced on Friday. “This will help increase mobility and support public transportation with first mile and last mile gaps, especially in underserved populations. Eventually, together with the government, we…
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Pakistan as pressure mounts to ‘undermine support for Taliban’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a frosty welcome to Pakistan on Tuesday after Washington turned up the heat on Islamabad for allegedly providing “safe havens” for Taliban militants.
America’s top diplomat was quietly greeted by a mid-level Pakistani Foreign Office official at the military airport in the garrison city of Rawalpindi – a welcome devoid of the pomp that usually marks high-level visits.
He was then driven in a convoy of Land Cruisers amid tight…
Marawi residents return to ruined homes, greeted by gunfire as soldiers search for remaining militants
Residents of a southern Philippine city where Islamic State (IS) supporters waged a brutal five-month battle began returning home on Tuesday, but gunfire greeted them as soldiers scoured devastated neighbourhoods for remaining militants.
Defence chiefs announced on Monday that the fighting, which claimed more than 1,100 lives and left the eastern half of Marawi in ruins, had ended following a final clash in a mosque in which dozens of gunmen were killed.
The militants had occupied Marawi, the…
Participation in the regulatory sandbox helps fintechs attract investment, says FCA
Participation in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) regulatory sandbox is helping firms to attract investment for their innovations, the regulator has said.
Rohingya refugee count approaches 1 million as UN donor conference opens
The UN opened a major fundraising conference on Monday aimed at securing hundreds of millions of dollars aid groups say is needed to care for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
More than 600,000 people from the Muslim minority group have fled violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state since August.
That has taken the total number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to an estimated 900,000, including those who fled before the latest surge in violence.
The pledging conference…