Peter Lee’s family office signs Kazakhstan deal on green energy projects
The family office of Henderson Land Development co-chairman and managing director Peter Lee Ka-kit has signed a deal with Kazakh authorities to advance a range of green energy projects in the Central Asian country.
The cooperation was sealed on Tuesday and announced on Wednesday during Lee’s visit to Kazakhstan and his meeting with Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, following a visit to Central Asia by a delegation led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu in June.
The deal is among the first signed in the two months since the city
Typhoon signal unlikely in Hong Kong over weekend but at least 18 flights to Japan axed
The likelihood of a typhoon warning signal being issued in Hong Kong over the weekend is low, as tropical cyclone Kujira is set to weaken under the influence of Dolphin, but airlines nonetheless cancelled at least 22 flights between the city and Japan.
The Observatory said early on Wednesday that tropical cyclone Kujira, meaning “whale” in Japanese, would linger over the central part of the South China Sea near the Filipino island of Luzon.
It would maintain a distance of about 700km (435 miles)
Hated in Myanmar, feted abroad? President inches towards normality with Thailand trip
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Thailand’s acknowledgement of Min Aung Hlaing’s legitimacy stems from a ‘straight up pragmatism’, analysts say
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Sanctioned and wanted for war crimes in the West and reviled at home by the millions fighting his army, Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing is this week set for a red-carpet welcome
Guatemala on volcano alert after Fuego erupts
Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating villages during an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central America’s most active.
About 1,700 people remained in shelters with the evacuations to stay in place until conditions improve, according to the country’s disaster agency CONRED.
Officials raised the alert level to red in Sacatepequez, Escuintla and Chimaltenango, where about 29,000 people are affected by ashfall and schools remain closed.
Authorities on Tuesday warned the next 72 hours were critical,
How an amputee Chinese scientist is fortifying the country’s military software
After life-threatening emergency, researcher returns to help make the code behind weapons and defence equipment free of bugs
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Much of the global debate on Chinese military power focuses on hardware but a vital part of the modernisation process is in the niche field of software verification.
Wang Ji, a computer science researcher at the National University of Defence Technology (NUDT), is mentoring a new generation of scientists to treat the
France offers nuclear expertise as Philippines weighs energy security options
France’s offer to share nuclear expertise with the Philippines could potentially boost Manila’s long-term energy security, as analysts say any push to revive nuclear power in the country would have to overcome safety and governance concerns.
Marie Fontanel, the outgoing French ambassador to the Philippines, said last week that France was ready to share its nuclear energy expertise with Manila, while deepening defence cooperation, according to a report by ABS-CBN News
US revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador to Washington in escalating row
The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador, a State Department official said Tuesday, in a mounting diplomatic row just months before elections in Latin America’s largest nation.
The move would be reversed, the official said on customary condition of anonymity, if Brazil granted its approval of US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Brasilia.
Trump nominated Daniel Perez, a prominent Florida Republican, as the new ambassador
North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister denounced Tokyo’s military expansion, saying ‘we should make it regret’
Man with gun in car arrested at Trump golf course before US president’s visit
A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested on Sunday at US President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump’s fundraiser there, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video and had a 16-round magazine with ammunition in his pocket.
Authorities recovered a loaded pistol in his car. Law enforcement searched his home in the
