Some 100 Shiite Muslim refugees in Indonesia are still barred from returning home, 11 years after fleeing their hometown as a Sunni mob descended.
Australian firms seek ‘practical ways’ to boost trade, economic ties amid Beijing, Canberra tensions
Australian business representatives are keen to explore ‘practical ways in which they can support bilateral business engagement’ with China amid strained relations between Beijing and Canberra that have lasted for over two years.
Germany to draw up digital health strategy
Plans to digitise health and care are at the heart of a new digital strategy that the German federal government submitted to the Bundestag, the country’s parliament, earlier this week.
Interdicts in Scotland
Interdicts in Scotland are equivalent to injunctions in England and Wales and can be a useful preventative remedy, granted by the court either against a wrong which is being committed, or against an anticipated wrong or violation of a party’s rights. Their use, though, has consequences.
Using trade mark symbols
Symbols or notations next to trade marks are an easy and cost effective way of informing the public that the trade mark in question has a claimed legal ownership.
Starbucks Singapore says customer database breached, 200,000 people’s information stolen
The coffee chain franchise discovered ‘some unauthorised access’ to names, numbers, addresses, gender and dates of birth but said no credit card details were taken as it does not store them.
Navigating increased construction material and labour costs
Until relatively recently, managing the risk of price increases and material and labour supply shortages was not something that the UK construction industry had to consider.
6 men arrested in rape, killing of teenage sisters in India who were found hanging from a tree
The 15- and 17-year-old girls belonged to the Dalit community, the lowest rung of India’s rigid caste hierarchy, and were found hanging from a tree in a field near their home.
Malaysia’s economy doing fine, despite top trade partner China’s zero-Covid fallout and war in Ukraine: analysts
China is Malaysia’s largest trading partner; bilateral trade growing but Kuala Lumpur’s global trade is stronger, with many economists thinking recession will not hit and nation can weather Ukraine storm.
Malaysia braces for damaging floods in test to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s approval as polls loom
Any missteps may lead to a repeat of the social media backlash against Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in December, when the annual floods left dozens dead and displaced more than 61,000 people.
