Pakistan’s newly-built cargo port of Gwadar sits on a remote, unspoiled coastline in the country’s far southwest. Officials hope the multi-million-dollar deep water port will soon transform the idyllic seaside retreat into an economic engine for Pakistan, acting as a key regional hub for oil, gas, and goods. Source: VoA
Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s hard-right League party, said on Thursday he would be willing to patch up his coalition with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement if it adopts a more constructive attitude to the League’s policies. Source Reuters
Slovenia has begun work on an additional stretch of fence along its southern border with Croatia with which it aims to keep out a rising number of migrants entering the country illegally. Source Reuters
Singapore has a message for Elon Musk, taking mass transit is a better climate-change solution than tooling around in one of his Tesla Inc’s electric vehicles. The city-state, which has said its efforts to cope with climate change are as crucial as military defence, has prioritised greater use of its trains and buses, Masagos Zulkifli, minister for environment and water resources, said in an interview Wednesday. Source Free Malaysia Today
