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Countdown at Sea
At an off-shore site 170 kilometers east of Shanghai, a launch team is facing a race against time. Can they pull it off?
How a US$110 million fishing harbour in Tanzania serves China’s food and security goals
About 300km (186 miles) south of Dar es Salaam and near the ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, the fishing town of Kilwa Masoko has a new port designed to accommodate fishing vessels far larger than the boats that have long worked this stretch of Tanzania’s coast. The fishing port had passed its completion inspection, China’s ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian said last week, while hailing it Tanzania’s first large-scale modern fishing harbour. Designed to land 60,000 tonnes of fish a year, it aims to...
How a US$110 million fishing harbour in Tanzania serves China’s food and security goals
About 300km (186 miles) south of Dar es Salaam and near the ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, the fishing town of Kilwa Masoko has a new port designed to accommodate fishing vessels far larger than the boats that have long worked this stretch of Tanzania’s coast. The fishing port had passed its completion inspection, China’s ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian said last week, while hailing it Tanzania’s first large-scale modern fishing harbour. Designed to land 60,000 tonnes of fish a year, it aims to...
‘Street Fighter’ is a campy ‘90s nostalgia ride and a complete mess
If video game adaptations have come a long way in the last decade, “Street Fighter” feels like a throwback to when they were campy, almost intentionally bad.
Employers urged to give lower-wage workers 6%-8% pay rise under NWC’s 2027 guidelines
Firms that are unprofitable get a new category, with a S$120 minimum increase
Senate to extend courtesy to OVP in budget hearing
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate finance committee will extend the traditional parliamentary courtesy to Vice President Sara Duterte when it deliberates on the 2027 budget being sought by her office, its chair, Sen. JV Ejercito, said on Sunday. The chamber is currently hearing the impeachment case against Duterte while also working on the passage of
Supertyphoon Rosal to enter PAR Oct. 20
MANILA, Philippines — Supertyphoon Champi may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday and will be locally named Rosal, bringing potentially destructive winds and heavy rains to northern Luzon later this week, according to the weather bureau. In its update as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, Pagasa (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Campaign Is at an Inflection Point
If the new security framework fails to adopt a holistic approach to counterterrorism, it will once again end up treating the symptoms while ignoring the causes.