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The Mauritius Telecom CTOs Resignation

The Mauritius Telecom CTOs Resignation

The Mauritius Telecom Chief Technical Officer M. Girish Guddoy resigned yesterday with news report saying it is linked to the sniffing accusations at the telecommunications company. He is the second victim of the spying activities ordered by Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. The first is of course Mauritius Telecom’s

Was Huawei's Network A Target In The Sniffing Of the Internet?

Was Huawei's Network A Target In The Sniffing Of the Internet?

Port Louis is at the forefront of an international scandal if it is proven that the Huawei’s network was a target of the sniffing of internet traffic ordered by Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. According to sources, Jugnauth ordered the Chief Executive of Mauritius Telecoms to spy on a

Financial Times: More Seizures In Sulu Claims Possible

Financial Times: More Seizures In Sulu Claims Possible

According to independent lawyers, Malaysia may see more asset seizures by the Sulu Sultanate’s heirs. Thus, they say, the saga is not over despite Malaysia’s assurances that the ‘attacks’ against its sovereignty are now over. A Financial Times report says that a day after the seizures of Petronas

New EXHIBITION+ Model A Success For HKTDC Sourcing Show

New EXHIBITION+ Model A Success For HKTDC Sourcing Show

HONG KONG, July 18, 2022 – – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the International Sourcing Show physical fair, run with the new EXHIBITION+ (EPLUS) model, drew to a successful close on 15 July. Over 20,000 industry buyers attended the physical event and browsed products online. The event

Xinjiang Is An Important Hub In Belt And Road Cooperation

Xinjiang Is An Important Hub In Belt And Road Cooperation

BEIJING, July 18, 2022 — The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is China’s bridge to Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, owing to its strategic location as the country’s westernmost frontier, It plays a vital role in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a framework of trade and

Advance AI Has Acquired Jewel, A Fintech Startup

Artificial Intelligence

Advance AI Has Acquired Jewel, A Fintech Startup

SINGAPORE, 18 July 2022 – Advance Intelligence Group (Advance AI), a Singapore-based unicorn tech start-up, today announced its acquisition of Jewel Paymentech, a financial risk technology company specialising in merchant due diligence and fraud and risk management solutions for financial services and payments industry. Jewel Paymentech has an established track record

BlackCat Preys On Old Firewall/VPN In Devices

BlackCat Preys On Old Firewall/VPN In Devices

Andrew Brandt SophosLabs Principal Researcher, says a ransomware group attacking large organizations with malware called BlackCat has followed a consistent pattern over the past several months. The threat actors break into enterprise networks by exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched or outdated firewall/VPN devices, then pivot to internal systems after establishing

Higher-ups Are Rallying Behind The Prince

Higher-ups Are Rallying Behind The Prince

As stated in our previous post on the political situation in Mauritius, there is turmoil in the local political scene. We believe that in the last week, the mood and narrative in the tiny republic have shifted and some people have lost control on a number of issues. First, the

New Token $MYST Fights Internet Censorship Worldwide

New Token $MYST Fights Internet Censorship Worldwide

Switzerland, July 17, 2022 – – Major cryptocurrency exchange MEXC Global has listed $MYST token by Mysterium Network, the Swiss-based Web 3.0 company challenging the $30 billion VPN industry with its next-generation anonymity network. Trading of the MYST-USDT pairs opened on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The VPN market is estimated to

New EU-China Cooperation to Pursue Real Change

bilateral relations

New EU-China Cooperation to Pursue Real Change

MADRID, MADRID, SPAIN, July 17, 2022 — The recently created think tank EU-China Trust organized a session titled “EU-China cooperation: Sustainable Finance, as a driver of change”. Prominent European and Chinese figures attended it to see how the cooperation promoted by EU-China Trust between Salamanca and Hefei, was materialized in: – The

BCA Life Catatkan Kinerja Positif Sepanjang Semester 1H22

BCA Life Catatkan Kinerja Positif Sepanjang Semester 1H22

Jakarta, 16 Juli 2022 – PT Asuransi Jiwa BCA (BCA Life), anak perusahaan PT Bank Central Asia Tbk (BCA) berhasil mempertahankan kinerja positif sepanjang semester pertama 2022, didorong tingkat perbaikan perekonomian dan investasi di Indonesia secara umum. Pada awal tahun ini, BCA Life sukses mencatatkan pendapatan premi sebesar Rp755,23 miliar.

Xi Urges Strengthening Sense of Community for Chinese Nation

Xi Urges Strengthening Sense of Community for Chinese Nation

BEIJING, July 15, 2022 — As the lyrics of a popular folk song in China go, “the brothers and sisters from the 56 ethnic groups belong to the same family.” China is home to 56 ethnic groups, with the majority Han making up around 91.5 percent of the country’s

Singapore As A Top Travel Destination In New Trip.com Deal

Singapore As A Top Travel Destination In New Trip.com Deal

SINGAPORE, July 16, 2022 — Building on the three-year Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2020, Trip.com Group and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) are deepening their collaboration across key markets including Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong while expanding their partnership to include new markets Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia. Trip.

Asian Fintech FLOW Appoints New CEO

Asian Fintech FLOW Appoints New CEO

SINGAPORE, July 15, 2022 — FLOW, the ethical collections fintech start-up announced today it achieved both EBITDA profitability and positive cash flow. The company’s move into the black was driven by an increase in Flow Outsourcing business line revenue by ca. 2.5x in the last 12 months, as well

Tommy Hilfiger Returns To New York Fashion Week

Tommy Hilfiger Returns To New York Fashion Week

AMSTERDAM, July 14 — Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], announces its return to New York Fashion Week for the first time in three years with an experiential runway event that will unveil the latest “See Now, Buy Now” Fall 2022 collection while immersing audiences physically and

Mongolia, UNESCO's New Deal On Digital Transformation

Mongolia, UNESCO's New Deal On Digital Transformation

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, July 15, 2022 — A landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Government of Mongolia and UNESCO to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Mongolia becoming a member of the organisation. The MoU, which runs to 2029 and underlines the Government of Mongolia’s and UNESCO’

The Strength of The Japanese Yen

The Strength of The Japanese Yen

What is the outlook for the Japanese Yen, given that the Yen has fallen so much this year. This fall was largely driven by interest differentials, as rising global interest rates – due to high commodity prices and broad-based inflation – combined with the Bank of Japan’s yield curve control (YCC)

The Great Resignation: Amrop's Robust Retention Strategy

Great Resignation

The Great Resignation: Amrop's Robust Retention Strategy

BRUSSELS, July 14, 2022 — Amrop is a global Leadership Advisory and Executive Search partnership has developed a robust workforce retention strategy and here, they tell us how it works. Significant changes to recent employment rates have forced employers to re-evaluate their approach to staff retention and the factors that influence

U.S. Inflation Rises To Highest Annual Rate Since 1981

U.S. Inflation Rises To Highest Annual Rate Since 1981

U.S. consumer prices surged 9.1% in June, the largest annual increase in more than four decades amid stubbornly high costs for gasoline, food and rent. The consumer price index increased 1.3% last month, the biggest monthly gain since September 2005, says Reuters. The acceleration of the headline

Jugnauth Now Has To Face The Indian Axe

Jugnauth Now Has To Face The Indian Axe

No one would want to be Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth right now, with his wife trending and a major ally publicly trashing him. Furthermore, his funders appear to have turned against him after letting him down during his last visit to India. All indications are that they did not fund

Will "Oh the irony lol" Kill Twitter For Good?

Will "Oh the irony lol" Kill Twitter For Good?

At this rate, Twitter appears to be desperate for billionaire Elon Must to buy the company, but the latter does not appear to be interested in changing the world through short text messages. Not any longer. One of the reasons could be that there are too many fake accounts on

Chubb-Royal Brunei New Travel Insurance Partnership

Chubb-Royal Brunei New Travel Insurance Partnership

SINGAPORE – – 13 July 2022 – Chubb and Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) announced a partnership to offer travel insurance to the airline’s passengers. The partnership has been launched in Brunei with more countries and territories to follow in subsequent phases. Chubb’s travel insurance offers extensive coverage for accidents, unexpected overseas

The First-Class Labor Medal Is For Vietnam CT Group

The First-Class Labor Medal Is For Vietnam CT Group

HOCHIMINH CITY, Vietnam, July 13 — On the morning of June 29, 2022, at the golden 30th-year milestone since its establishment, CT Group was granted the First-Class Labor Medal. CT Group altogether announced its high–tech strategy and the plan for accelerating globalization. The Second-Class Labor Medal was also awarded to

Education Sector Suffers Highest Ransomware Attacks

Education Sector Suffers Highest Ransomware Attacks

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – July 13, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022. The findings reveal that education institutions – both higher and lower education – are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60% suffering attacks in 2021

TrueFi Launches Its First Non-stablecoin Portfolio

TrueFi Launches Its First Non-stablecoin Portfolio

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 13, 2022 — TrustToken, the core team responsible for building the leading unsecured lending protocol TrueFi unveils its collaboration with WOO X, a zero-fee digital asset trading platform incubated by Kronos Research, the leading digital asset quant company and market maker. WOO X will use TrueFi to