Benjamin Morgan
latest news & developmentsIraq forces hunt Shi’ite fighters in new crackdown
Iraqi police and soldiers swept house to house through the southern city of Amara on Thursday in a new crackdown on Shi’ite fighters.
China moves again to cool overheated property sector
China’s will next month increase down-payments on home loans and broaden the capital gains tax, moves analysts said on Tuesday should help cool the overheated real estate sector…
China’s race for energy resources only just heating up
China’s $2.3-billion Nigerian oil venture is a major step forward for the energy ravenous country as it seeks to power its fast-growing economy but analysts said on Tuesday the…
Chuffed China basks in glory of Tibetan railway
Like exhausted but triumphant climbers, pudgy Chinese officials wheezed between smiles atop Kunlun mountain pass before their oxygen-outfitted locomotive whisked them southwards…