JAKARTA : Indonesia will seek China’s help for renewable energy and infrastructure projects when President Joko Widodo attends the upcoming Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, a cabinet minister said. Any partnership with China would be parallel with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) – a $20 billion deal Indonesia […]
Day: October 15, 2023
BEIJING: China supports the “just cause of the Palestinian people in safeguarding their national rights”, foreign minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart yesterday as Beijing takes an increasingly clear stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Israeli forces have staged thousands of air raids in the Gaza Strip in recent days, […]
WASHINGTON: Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a “big mistake,” US President Joe Biden said in an interview released yesterday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack by Hamas on October 7, has declared war on the […]
Afghanistan’s remarkable 69-run win over defending champions England at the World Cup will give them the belief they can go toe-to-toe with cricket’s leading nations for years to come, coach Jonathan Trott said. Afghanistan posted 284 after half centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil, before bowling out England for […]
SINGAPORE : The dollar was on the front foot on Monday in cautious trade as tensions in the Middle East escalated, while investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later this week for further clues on the U.S. central bank’s rate outlook. The Israeli shekel fell to […]