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- New year-round port to link Russian Arctic sea route with Asia in 2025
About $5 million has been invested in the construction of a deepwater year-round port near Indiga, a settlement on Russia’s Barents Sea coast, according to the Arkhangelsk Region’s Acting Governor Alexander Tsybulsky. - Coronavirus death toll soars to 492 worldwide as China expands quarantine zonesAs Beijing steps up measures to contain a lethal coronavirus outbreak sweeping Asia and beyond, the contagion has claimed 65 more lives in China’s Hubei province – the viral epicenter – bringing the total death toll to 492.
- Pakistani PM Khan urged to ‘announce jihad’ against India over KashmirA member of Pakistan’s parliament has asked the government to wage war on its neighbor India over disputed Kashmir and claimed that other Muslim states will support the effort, local media reported.
- Huawei tops list of global 5G smartphone suppliersDemand for 5G smartphones has been growing with shipments of 19 million units last year, the latest report by research firm Strategy Analytics shows.
- ‘No such proposal’: Islamabad rejects ‘speculation’ over alleged plan to integrate Pakistani-held part of KashmirPakistan has denied it is gearing up to merge the territory it administers in the disputed region of Kashmir with the rest of the country, dismissing reports to the contrary as media speculation.
- China & India to take control of one-third of global economyThe developing markets of China and India will make up 35 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2060, nearing the US and European nations' combined share, according to the Japan Center for Economic Research.
- China no longer the world's garbage dump as it plans to cut waste imports to zero this yearSince China banned the import of certain types of waste in 2017, those shipments have declined by 71 percent, the country's environmental authorities have announced.
- China's ZTE wants to raise $1.7 billion to boost 5G developmentOne of China's largest producers of telecom equipment, ZTE, has announced plans to raise around $1.7 billion from a private share placement to fund research and development of 5G networks.
- Insurers warn of volcano apocalypse, as investors make bank on ‘catastrophe bonds’Lloyd’s of London, one of the world’s largest insurance markets, warned that volcanic eruptions could bury 15 major cities in lava and ash in the coming two centuries. As always though, there’s money to be made in catastrophe.
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