James Roberto
A multimedia journalist focused on producing articles about controversial global issues specifically on business, economy, politics, and technology. A strong believer in freedom of the press and exposing the wrong. only through engagement and communications can we as humans evolve.
An accredited member of a leading local broadcast media organization.
Boris Johnson: Russian win would bring ‘age of intimidation’
LONDON UK: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a “turning point for the world.” Arguing that a victory...
Amazon closes $8.5B deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM.
Amazon announced it has closed its acquisition of Hollywood studio MGM. Two days after European regulators said the deal “would not significantly reduce competition”...
War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
BOSTON: Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control...
Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine kills 35
LVIV, Ukraine: — Ukrainian authorities said Russian missiles pounded a military training base near Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people....
Biden bans Russian oil, warns of higher prices at US pumps.
President Joe Biden banned all Russian oil imports, delivering a "powerful blow" to Russia's economy while warning Americans of potential fuel price increases in support of Ukraine's defense.
Bank Negara, Bank of Thailand launch cross-border QR payment linkage
Kuala Lumpur: A cross-border QR payment linkage between Thailand and Malaysia was dispatched by the Bank Negara Malaysia and The Bank Of Thailand (BOT)...
Malaysia Holds Palm Oil Export Duty at 8% for July 2021
KUALA LUMPUR — The tax stays at eight percent. That is the seventh month in a row. Malaysia’s crude palm oil export duty will not budge for July 2021, the Royal
Japan Approves $989B Stimulus, 20% of GDP
Japan's economy is roughly the size of a small continent's. And now, its government is spending a fifth of that entire output in a single shot. The $989 billion
Export bans on medical supplies leave many countries vulnerable to COVID-19
The restrictions of overseas shipments of critical medical supplies and protective gears imposed by several nations have gained global criticism as these drastic moves...
Manila Trader Chua Arrested for 213% Thermometer Mark-Up
Manila police arrested Filipino-Chinese trader Jackson Chua on Sunday afternoon after he sold infrared thermometers at more than triple the legal price, the first bust…
China Car Sales Collapse 90% as Virus Shuts Showrooms
Online sales become lifeline as China car market freezes
By late February 2020, the coronavirus had done something no recession, trade war or policy shift had
GM, Toyota Shutter China Plants as Coronavirus Spreads
Two hundred dead. Nearly ten thousand infected. Those were the numbers on February 2, 2020, as the novel coronavirus carved through China. And then the corporat
WHO Urges Asia to Brace as Wuhan Virus Spreads
The new coronavirus now spreading from Wuhan has already reached three countries beyond China, and the World Health Organization is telling Asian governments to
Alecta CEO Demands Social Values in Sweden Code
Magnus Billing has seen enough scandals. The chief executive of Alecta, Sweden's biggest pension fund, watched banks in his own country and across Europe implod
