China now rule the waves
RT.COM - February 20, 2015 Reuters/Bobby Yip The world’s leading economy is on a roll as it enters a new year in the Chinese zodiac. Welcome to the Year of the Sheep. Or Goat. Or Ram. Or, technically, the Green Wooden Sheep (or Goat). Even the best Chinese linguists can’t agree on how to translate it into English. Who cares? The...
Turkey palace guarded by 1,000 police
BBC News ElseWhere - 25 February 2015 The cost of building and running the presidential palace has been under scrutiny in Turkey Turkey's new presidential palace is guarded by more than 1,000 police officers - the equivalent of one for every room, it's reported. The huge building - known as Ak Saray, or the White Palace - is...
Why expats call Singapore a utopia
BBC - John Krich - 12 Mar 2015 Rocketing prices - Despite being the most expensive city for 2015, Singapore keeps wooing expats (Credit: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images) But there’s always a downside to every utopia. Singapore’s cost of living keeps rocketing — especially in contrast to neighbouring Indonesia and Malaysia—...
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