Hong Kong: protesters wary over elite troops clearing roadblocks

By Anne workforce / November 23, 2019

Pro-democracy activists see move as effort by Beijing to intervene in HK’s affairs On Saturday afternoon, a few dozen Chinese soldiers jogged out of their barracks in triple file line, wearing shorts and matching army green T-shirts. They cheerily joined a group of residents, clearing away road blocks set up by anti-government protesters, using brooms […]

Billionaires invest in giant Australian solar farm to supply power to Singapore

By Anne workforce / November 22, 2019

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest joins Mike Cannon-Brookes to raise tens of millions of dollars for Sun Cable The mining magnate and philanthropist Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has joined fellow billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes in raising tens of millions of dollars to build a giant solar farm in the Northern Territory to supply electricity to Singapore. The company behind […]