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Turnover Surges as Funds Rush to Exit Private Equity Stakes

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE - Private equity holdings are being sold at a record clip in an opaque secondary market, investors say, as asset managers cash out to cover losses
A view of the city skyline in Singapore January 25, 2021. (Image: Screenshot / Reuters)

Sri Lanka’s Economy Shrinks 11.8% in Second-Worst Quarterly Performance

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's economy shrank 11.8% in the July-September quarter from a year ago, government data showed on Thursday, the second-worst quarterly contraction ever for the
Villagers travel in a tractor on a newly built road in Hambantota, Sri Lanka March 24, 2019. (Image: Screenshot / Reuters)
Rescue Efforts Continue As Indonesia Struggles To Get Aid for Quake Survivors
U.S., Japan, and Partners Mobilise $20 Billion to Move Indonesia Away From Coal
A general view of business buildings as smog covers the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 19, 2021. (Image: Screenshot / REUTERS)
Imran Khan Supporters Stage Protests, Demand Political Change in Pakistan
World’s Biggest Bats – The Fruit-Eating Flying Fox
Farmers in Bangladesh Turn to Floating Agriculture to Adapt to Rising Rivers and Sea
Iraq Elects New President and Premier, Ending Stalemate
Newly elected Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as prime minister-designate and tasked him with forming a new government in Baghdad
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Thousands of US Visa Applicants Stranded While Undocumented Afghans Boarded Flights to America, Official
The majority of Afghan interpreters and other staff who applied for residency in the U.S. after working...
The United States and allies urged Afghans to leave Kabul airport, citing the threat of terrorist attacks.
American Vets Defy Orders From Washington and Rescue Afghan Allies
A few days before the U.S. fully pulled out from Afghanistan, a group of volunteer American veterans...
Taliban fighters atop Humvee vehicles parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country.
90 Military Officers Call for Milley and Austin to Resign After Afghanistan Debacle
Ninety retired military officers have written an open letter demanding the resignation of Chairman of...
Biden warned of another attack at the Kabul airport.
Fatal Rocket Incident Northwest of Kabul Airport May Have Been Linked to Militants
A rocket fell on a neighborhood located northwest of the Kabul airport on Aug. 29, killing one child....
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Clock Running Out on Evacuations from Afghanistan: Japan Struggles to Airlift Nationals, Brings Afghans
As the clock runs out in Afghanistan, Japan’s Self-Defense Force planes are waiting nearby in a secure...
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CCP Media Spins Communist China’s Exploitation of Afghanistan
With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan, Communist China has started to position itself to benefit...
Former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself acting President of Afghanistan under the country’s 2004 Constitution after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, speaks during a function at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 4, 2021. Saleh has said ISIS-K, responsible for the suicide bombings at Kabul Airport, is simply a branch of the Taliban and not an independent organization.
Former Afghanistan Vice President Says ISIS-K Is Taliban
One of Afghanistan’s former Vice Presidents, a man who has declared himself acting President under the...
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US Strikes ISIS-K Target After Kabul Airport Blast, Biden Warns of More Attacks
The U.S. has conducted a drone strike east of Afghanistan, targeting the terror outfit ISIS-K. The strike...
The United States and allies urged Afghans to leave Kabul airport, citing the threat of terrorist attacks.
US Embassy Issues Second Security Alert, Afghanistan Evacuation Enters Final Stage
On Aug. 27, the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan issued a second alert to Americans, warning them not to approach...