At a meeting on streamlining investment in Nay Pyi Taw last week, U Aung Naing Oo, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said, “The top investor in Myanmar through December 2018 was China, but Singapore has overtaken it since January.” The other top investors were Thailand, Hong Kong, the United....

“The government believes that a strong media is essential to the democratic transition, and it also strengthens democracy,” he said in a message during the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, four days before he pardoned the two journalists. But one action cannot wipe clean the laws and actions endangering press freedom in the country.

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MALIBU — The crowd came with Hawaiian shirts, flower leis and surfing jokes, and Tulsi Gabbard came looking to catch an elusive political wave. Campaigning in Malibu on Sunday, the Hawaii congresswoman and presidential candidate drew applause from an audience of supporters and curious Democrats with a campaign message heavy on anti-war themes.

So far as providing life insurance cover to more people is concerned, the performance of the industry has been disappointing as it appears from the IRDAI data released recently regarding the performance of the industry for the year 2018-19. The growth of new business premium (NBP) has been mere 10.73%.

The Aam Aadmi Party ’s manifesto for the 2019 general elections reiterates its ‘sole objective’ of “making Delhi a full state.” The 35-page document belabours the point with fallacious arguments, even citing specious instances as of the Vatican and universities in US cities, to buttress the claim, which but tantamount to sophistry.

Agra, a city known the world over for the Taj Mahal, the monument of eternal love, is in for a makeover. Come 2024, it would be able to boast a world-class public transport system, providing respite from traffic congestion not only to its residents but also the almost 2 crore tourists who descend on it from all parts of the world every year.

The earnings season has so far been an extremely dull one, with most companies reporting muted top line growth and a fall in net profits. Demand is clearly very weak; companies have been unable to hold on to their operating margins and even pushing through volumes has been difficult.

CBL Corp directors Peter Harris and Alistair Hutchison say they didn't oppose an action heard in the Auckland High Court today to liquidate the company. The firm's main operating subsidiary, CBL Insurance, was placed in liquidation last November with the Reserve Bank's counsel, Nathan Gedye, QC,....

WASHINGTON, D.C. Dave Dilly of Fresno, Ohio, near Coshocton, spent 19 years in the coal mine, but in recent years, he’s taken on a new responsibility: during those years. Dilly is one of nearly 100,000 coal miners who are at risk of losing all or part of their pensions by 2022 sooner if more coal companies declare bankruptcy.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd helped mastermind a sweeping conspiracy among generic drugmakers to raise the price of medicines, according to a new antitrust lawsuit filed by states that stems from a five-year investigation of the companies. Teva’s stock plunged the most in three months.

Lucas Yatch has joined A&E Architects, an established design firm with offices located in Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, and Kalispell, Montana, and Seattle, Washington, as a designer. Yatch holds a bachelor of science in environmental design and a Master of Architecture from Montana State University.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to Russia -- his first as the top U.S. diplomat -- for talks with President Vladimir Putin amid persistent tensions between the two countries. The talks will be the highest-level formal discussions held between U.S.

. By Mahmoud A. Suleiman. The Impasse of the Sudanese Revolution is a ttributable to the Transitional Military Council’s Delay and deliberate procrastination i n addition to the lack of coordination between the components of the Forces for Declaration of Freedom and Change (DFC).

How crop insurance can help farmers recover after extreme weather events. A rape victim should not have to give her statement to a male magistrate. A ritual mouthing of platitudes will no longer be enough. PA can be a valuable tool for managing employees. Cyber-criminals are playing the same old tricks using new channels.