Thai youngsters demonstrate a small-scale chemical laboratory to win the DOW-CST prize for 2020-2021

Dow Thailand Group, the project's principal sponsor, has collaborated with partners to hold the DOW-CST Award 2020-2021. Under the subject "Safe and Sustainable Science Experiments," the contest encourages instructors and students to use small-scale chemical laboratory techniques. T...

Thailand Intends to Showcase its Great Innovation Capabilities at Dubai Expo 2020

The PTTEP has announced its partnership with Choice owing to its competitive performance and innovation based on long-term value creation. The company’s operations span from Southeast Asia to the Middle East. 

The PTTEP will be continuing to showcase these values at its dedic...

Covid Cases Reach 6-month High in the UAE

On Wednesday, the UAE reported more than 2,000 cases in a day for the first time in more than six months. This prompted the Gulf country with one of the highest vaccination rates in the world to tighten restrictions to contain the spread of the virus.

By the start of December, less than...

The Middle East Discusses Renewable Energy

The ENOC Group is the official energy partner of Dubai Expo 2020. The company hosted the first LPG Week of the Middle East, along with one of its subsidiaries, Emirates Gas, a leading gas company in the UAE. 

The virtual event took place from 5th December to 9th December at the Wor...

Thailand’ Smile Parade at Dubai Expo 2020

Thailand celebrated its National Day on 5th December at the Expo 2020 Dubai. The event included a flag-raising ceremony at the Al Wasl plaza and a series of performances including the ‘Smile Parade’.

The Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, we...

NASA’s Mars rover missed its first attempt on rock collection

The Mars 2020 mission launched in July 2020 took off from Florida to search for samples from the surface of Mars to find out about extraterrestrial life that could have existed billions of years ago.

The plan was to derive rocks in a tube to be collected within the next few years and se...

JAPAN’S ECONOMY FELL BY 4.6 PERCENT IN FY 2020 OVER PANDEMIC

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• Japan’s economy fell by 4.6 percent in FY 2020 over pandemic.
• GDP in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 5.1 percent from the previous quarter.
• Exports of goods and services plummeted 10.4 percent.

SUBARU CORP. REDUCES GLOBAL PRODUCTION OVER CHIP SHORTAGE

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• Subaru Corp. reduces global production over chip shortage.
• In Q1 2021 the automaker globally produced 61,000 vehicles.
• The car-making company is aiming to sell 1 million vehicles in fiscal 2021.
• Subaru's ne...

CRYPTOCURRENCY BECOMES THE ASSET CLASS OF THE YEAR 2020-2021

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•      Support for bitcoin eventually pushed BTC high along with other cryptocurrencies

•      2021 has been a good year for BTC as it gained the support of many big names from the business, finance, and b...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT PLANNING TO EXPAND RESEARCH-ORIENTED HIGHER EDUCATION

HIGHLIGHTS

• Indian government is planning major changes to education policy.
• Steps are being taken to expand research-oriented higher education.
• The goal of new steps is to build a knowledge based economy.

National Educatio...

BTS ACHIEVES ANOTHER MILESTONE; GLOBAL RECORDING ARTIST OF 2020

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• BTS achieves another milestone; Global Recording Artists of 2020.
• The group becomes the first act performing in a non-English language to achieve the award.
• This award is being given to the best-selling artist of the year...

GOVERNMENT OF UK DISMISSES HOST SPECULATION OF UEFA EURO 2020

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• The government of the United Kingdom has cancelled the host speculation of the UEFA Euro 2020
• The UEFA is still considering that, the Euro 2020 will be a 12 city plan

On Friday, the government of the United Kingdom has di...

TOKYO OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS ORGANIZERS TO A HOLD JOINT MEETING

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• Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizers to hold a joint meeting.
• Representatives of the central and Tokyo municipal governments are also said to attend the meeting.
• Seiko Hashimoto is the new President of the Tokyo 2020...

UNITED KINGDOM CAN POROPOSE TO HOST ENTIRE EURO 2020 TOURNAMENT

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• The United Kingdom can possibly propose to host the entire Euro 2020 tournament
• The government of the United Kingdom is hoping that, the fans are going to be able to return to the stadiums by the end of the month of May 2021

JAPAN’S DENTSU GROUP REPORTS NET LOSS OF $1.5 BILLION IN FISCAL 2020

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• Japan’s Dentsu Group reports net loss of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
• Due to the coronavirus pandemic, its advertising business slumped.
• In 2020, sales fell 10.4 percent to 939.24 billion yen.
• The company...

APPLE TO OPEN RETAIL STORES IN INDIA

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• Apple is planning to open retail stores in India due to high sales.
• Q4 2020 was the best quarter for a multinational giant in India.
• Apple has sold over 1.5 million units in the country.

Apple Inc. is planning t...

TOYOTA MOTOR EXPECTS ITS GLOBAL OUTPUT TO INCREASE BY 9.2 MILLION IN 2021

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• Toyota Motor expects its global output to increase by 9.2 million in 2021.
• The target is said to be higher than the current record of 9.05 million units in 2019.
• In 2020 Toyota's global output fell by half from a year...

JAPANESE COMEDIAN ATSUSHI TAMURA WITHDRAWS FROM THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY

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• Japanese comedian Atsushi Tamura withdraws from the Olympic torch relay.
• The comedian withdrew from the relay over the president of the organizing committee Tokyo Olympics’ controversial remarks.
• Tamura expressed sk...

LG ELECTRONICS REPORTS $233 MILLION NET PROFIT IN Q4 2020

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• LG Electronics reports a $233 million net profit in Q4 2020.
• For the whole of 2020, LG Electronics’ net profit increased to 2 trillion won.
• The company saw an increase in sales of its home appliance & air soluti...

ANA HOLDINGS INC. REPORTS NET LOSS IN APRIL-DEC. PERIOD OF $2.29 BILLION

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• ANA Holdings Inc. reports net loss in April-Dec. period of $2.29 billion.
• ANA Holdings revenue fell 66.7 percent to 527.61 billion yen.
• ANA reportedly booked a special loss of 76 billion yen.
• Sales from flights...