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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of deforestation data. But the loss is still seen as historically low compared to the 2010s, it said.
Some of those suspects had links to the city state’s around 1,400 single family offices – private wealth-management entities established to oversee and manage the financial affairs of a single affluent family or individual.
Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, one of the United Arab Emirate's largest private real estate developers, sought to downplay the severity of flooding in the country earlier this month, saying there were only "pockets of problems."
Development agencies and Middle Eastern businesses have been meeting to discuss the eventual reconstruction of Gaza and to develop plans for its long-term economic future. They seek to transform Gaza into a commercial hub centered on trade, tourism and innovation.
TOKYO -- A system that uses artificial intelligence to analyze endoscopic images and assist surgeons in real-time during surgical procedures is now in practical use in Japan. The new technology is expected to improve the precision of procedures and make surgeons' jobs easier.
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TOKYO -- Japan has launched a 1 trillion yen ($6.43 billion) fund for private space development, planning to subsidize as much as 100% of R&D costs by startups and universities in order to bolster domestic technological innovation in the field.
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce the creation of a ministerial-level dialogue framework on decarbonization at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris early May, he said in a recent written interview with Nikkei.