Emerging Market Compliance Risks: When Local Workarounds Become Permanent Liabilities

Companies entering emerging markets hear the same reassurance again and again: “This is how things are done here.” The advice comes in familiar forms. Use a connected intermediary to speed up a... Read more »

ERP alerts, roadside e-parking payment in trial ahead of ERP 2 roll-out

With the switchover to the satellite-based system, gantries will be progressively removed [SINGAPORE] As a vehicle nears the ramp leading from Bedok North Road to the westbound Pan Island Expressway (PIE) on... Read more »

Kaduna police arrest 12 kidnapping, 13 murder suspects in two weeks

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna The Kaduna State Police Command says it has recorded significant successes in its fight against crime over the past two weeks, including the arrest of 12 suspected kidnappers,... Read more »

Slovakia reaffirms economic ties with Kenya

Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s Deputy Head of Mission in Vienna, Valarie Rugene receives Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar at St Phillip’s Neri Primary School in Mavoko, Machakos County. [Erastus Mulwa,... Read more »

Carney government is ‘shredding’ environmental rules and ‘misleading’ Canadians: former advisors

Photo: Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press Summary The government under Prime Minister Mark Carney has “repealed or weakened virtually every climate policy and regulation that Canada had developed in the last... Read more »

Trump secretly approved Qatar-Iran cash deal

The US secretly approved a financial and maritime arrangement between Qatar and Iran, under which billions of dollars were paid to Tehran in exchange for free passage for Qatari tankers and ships... Read more »

India’s Ethanol Revolution: From E20 to E85 – The Fuel of Tomorrow Has Arrived!

India only recently started using E20 fuel everywhere, which became compulsory at petrol pumps in April this year. Many of us are still getting used to E20. So a natural question comes... Read more »

Mum of murdered Preston Davey, 1, was one of ‘most notorious killers’ as gran left ‘hysterical’ after death

As Jamie Varley faces life behind bars for the horrific murder of 13-month-old Preston, it can now be revealed the tot’s mum Sarah was just 14 when she and a pal beat... Read more »

American Express privacy breach: Commissioner orders apology and tighter controls after failure to protect customer data

Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The privacy watchdog has ordered American Express to rectify security flaws in... Read more »

300-tonne hose washes up on Japanese shore

Anybody lose 150 meters of gigantic hose by any chance? The ocean is a large and mysterious place where powerful forces of nature dictate global weather patterns and lifeforms still unknown to... Read more »