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Japan business leader and monk Inamori dies at 90
Kazuo Inamori, a business guru and ordained Buddhist monk who reversed the fortunes of debt-ridden Japan Airlines, has died aged 90, a company he founded said Tuesday. Inamori was an advocate of reducing government interference in business and he was known for his "amoeba management" theory, which grants autonomy to each unit of a company while group members pool their knowledge.
China state support for economy this year exceeds 2020, premier says
State support for China's economy this year is now greater than it was in 2020, Beijing's premier has said, surpassing help given at the height of the coronavirus pandemic as the country grapples with the impacts of its zero-Covid policy and a property sector crisis. Their strength surpasses those of 2020," Premier Li Keqiang said during a Monday State Council conference.
Ship with wheat for drought-hit Africa docks in Djibouti
A UN-chartered ship loaded with thousands of tonnes of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday, destined for some of the 22 million people at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa. The WFP said earlier this month that the number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa region has increased to 22 million.
Pakistan floods fuel 'back-breaking' food inflation
Catastrophic monsoon floods in Pakistan have sent food prices skyrocketing, putting many staples out of the reach of the poor as the cash-strapped nation battles shortages. She told AFP she had to forego some items on her shopping list because inflation had put them out of reach.
We're hiring: babies wanted for Japan nursing home
A nursing home in southern Japan is "hiring" babies for a very important job -- to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. "The mere sight of babies makes our residents smile," she told AFP, adding with a chuckle that "there is no shift roster or anything".
In shadow of abandoned US airbase, Bagram's economy withers
For years, the sprawling military base at Bagram, just north of Kabul, was a potent symbol of the United States' two decades of war in Afghanistan. But weeks before Washington officially ended its military presence in Afghanistan last August, US troops left the airbase in the dead of night.
French-Indian textile designer brings back Mughal patterns
Textiles designer Brigitte Singh lovingly lays out a piece of cloth embossed with a red poppy plant she says was probably designed for emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, four centuries ago. It was her father-in-law, a major collector of Rajasthan miniatures, who gave her the Mughal-era poppy cloth connected to Shah Jahan.
Ukraine students brace for underground school year
Five metres beneath a Kyiv classroom, headmaster Mykhaylo Aliokhin puts the finishing touches on the bunker where his students will spend much of their time once Ukraine's school term starts later this week. "I live next to my school," said 16-year-old Polina, enjoying time with friends at a Kyiv cafe the week before school restarts.
Taiwan, China trade barbs over island drone incursions
Taipei and Beijing have traded barbs over a recent string of drone sorties that have flown from the Chinese mainland to an outlying Taiwanese island, some surveilling military outposts. Civilian Chinese fishing and sand dredging vessels, for example, have increasingly entered into waters around Taiwanese outlying islands in recent years.
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