The Diplomat On July 27, India’s Ministry of Defense signed a $1 billion deal with U.S. aircraft maker Boeing for the purchase of four additional Poseidon 8I Neptune advanced maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare aircraft, according to Indian media reports. The contract was inked during an official visit to New Delhi by U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and …

  Johor Bahru / AFP A planned multi-billion-dollar new city near Singapore is attracting interest from investors with promises of luxury living but there are questions over its future owing to China’s economic woes and warnings of environmental catastrophe. Forest City, a $42 billion futuristic “eco-city” of high-rises and waterfront villas, will sit on four man-made islands on the Malaysian …

  Relaxnews To celebrate its title as the longest cable-stayed bridge in Africa, the new Mohammed VI bridge has been adorned with multicolored, variable LED lighting. A RECORD-BREAKING BRIDGE The Mohammed VI bridge was inaugurated by its namesake the King of Morocco earlier in July. At 950 meters long and 6 lanes wide, with two 200 meter-tall towers and 160 …