• Tue-12-2024
Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan Emerging as Eurasia’s Most Sought-After Tourist Destinations: What You Need to Know (December 15, 2024, Travel and Tour World)

Eurasia is undergoing a tourism renaissance, with these countries emerging as some of the world’s most sought-after travel destinations. Once considered hidden gems, these countries are now capturing global attention with their rich cultural heritage, natural wonders, and modern developments.

  • Tue-12-2024
The TikTok ban is set to cause major havoc to Georgia’s economy. What you need to know (December 9, 2024, Ledger Enquirer)

If you are one of the 3 million Georgia residents who use TikTok, you may have to find another platform on which to waste hours and hours of your life. Come Jan. 25, 2025, if TikTok’s owners don’t sell the whole platform to an American-owned entity, many of us will have a lot more time on our hands.

  • Tue-12-2024
Libya's wage crisis exposes authorities' inability to ensure financial stability (December 1, 2024, Atalayar)

Libya is facing a severe financial crisis that has led to delays in the payment of salaries for some 2.3 million public employees during November, after the government was forced to borrow to cover payments for October. This wage crisis highlights poor management of resources and a lack of coordination between the country's authorities and agencies.

  • Tue-12-2024
Western Sahara: Rabat accelerates autonomy plan, next six months crucial (November 29, 2024, Agenzia Nova)

The idea behind the plan launched by King Mohammed VI is to ensure broad autonomy for the region while preserving Moroccan sovereignty and national unity.

  • Mon-12-2024
Tech in 2024: How’s the Philippines doing? (December 8, 2024, Rappler)

It’s been a whirlwind year for the Philippine tech industry. With the many different movements in the world’s technology sector, the Philippines has had to try and play catch-up in a number of different sectors. From freedom on the Internet and cybersecurity to artificial intelligence and job security, it’s an uphill battle for the Philippines as it grows with the times.

  • Sun-12-2024
China is building the world’s largest artificial island airport (December 19, 2024, CNN)

“The country’s largest offshore airport is rising slowly from the sea level like the sunrise in the east…” Once completed, it will become the world’s largest airport on an artificial island, surpassing both Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Japan’s Kansai Airport (KIX).

  • Tue-12-2024
Forget ‘night vibes’, Hong Kong needs tourism lessons from Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul (December 15, 2024, South China Morning Post) (Subscription required)

Unfortunately, Hong Kong’s attempts to revitalise tourism have leaned too heavily on quick fixes. Campaigns like the widely lampooned “night vibes” initiative or one-off celebrity events may generate fleeting buzz but fail to create lasting appeal. Worse, they may invite ridicule and risk tarnishing Hong Kong’s reputation as a creative, dynamic world city.

  • Tue-12-2024
US and China sign new science pact — but with severe restrictions (December 13, 2024, Nature)

The United States and China have signed a brand-new, five-year agreement that dictates how the nations will cooperate on science and technology research. The pact is narrower in scope than its predecessor, covering only collaboration on basic science projects between departments and agencies of the two governments and excluding work on ‘critical and emerging technologies’ potentially important to national security.

  • Tue-12-2024
China’s Smart Cities in Africa: Should the United States Be Concerned? (November 18, 2024, Center for Strategic and International Studies)

As China seeks to expand its role as a security partner in Africa, especially through the Global Security Initiative (GSI), one facet of this assistance is the transfer of what is colloquially known as “smart city technology.” How concerned should Washington be about this development?

  • Mon-12-2024
Fears loom over India's 'Hong Kong' project on a remote island (December 9, 2024, BBC)

Earlier this year, 39 international experts from different fields of social sciences had warned that the development project would be a “death sentence” for the Shompen as it would destroy their habitat. "The Shompen people do not have the knowledge or the means to survive in an industrial world…"