Financial insights
Singapore opens lower as Wall Street weakness reaches Asia
Singapore shares opened lower on Wednesday, tracking...
Seoul opens higher as tech shares resist global bond pressure
Seoul opened higher on Wednesday, supported by...
Laos market opens cautiously as regional pressure weighs on sentiment
Laos opened cautiously, with the LSX Composite...
China & Russia
Xi and Putin meeting tests Beijing’s diplomatic balance
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing less than a week after Donald Trump’s visit,...
On this day
On this day in 2002: East Timor officially became independent
On 20 May 2002, East Timor officially became an independent state, ending a long and painful struggle shaped by colonial...
Africa
Fixing Africa’s farm-to-market failure through lessons from China
Africa’s agricultural challenge is not only about production. In many countries, farmers grow food, but weak logistics, fragmented buying systems,...
India
India’s oil marketing stocks rally after fuel price rise
Shares in India’s state-run oil marketing companies rose sharply after petrol and diesel prices were increased for the second time...
LATAM
CAF returns to green bond market with €1 billion issue
CAF, the Latin American development bank, has raised €1 billion through a seven-year green bond in the European market, marking...
Caribbean
Jamaica moves to shield farmers from fertiliser shock
Jamaica’s government is preparing support measures for farmers facing rising fertiliser prices, as the conflict in the Middle East drives...
Taiwan
Vietnam’s urban skyline faces a test of design and resilience
Vietnam’s fast-changing skyline is becoming a visible symbol of the country’s economic rise, but experts at the Tall Building Forum...
Vietnam
Vietnam’s urban skyline faces a test of design and resilience
Vietnam’s fast-changing skyline is becoming a visible symbol of the country’s economic rise, but experts at the Tall Building Forum...
AI
Enterprise AI faces the gap between pilots and performance
Day two of TechEx North America shifted the AI debate from excitement to execution, as speakers examined why many enterprise...
MSTRpay
MSTRpay initiates structured market entry into Burkina Faso
MSTRpay AB has commenced a structured expansion process into Burkina Faso, reinforcing the company’s continued build-out across strategically selected West...
Ukraine
US rejects Russian threats against Latvia at UN
The United States has condemned Russian threats against Latvia, saying there is “no place for threats against a council member”...
Climate & Energy
WMO warns Latin America faces rising climate pressure
Latin America and the Caribbean faced record-breaking heat, stronger climate extremes and growing risks to food, water and public health...
Blockchain
Truth Social pulls crypto ETF bids as strategy shifts
Trump Media & Technology Group has withdrawn bids for crypto exchange-traded funds linked to Truth Social, marking a pause in...
Invisible infrastructure series
The systems nobody sees but everyone depends on
Modern economies increasingly depend on invisible infrastructure — the hidden systems operating silently behind daily life, commerce and global stability....
Newshub long read
The new cash empire
Why cash infrastructure may become the most valuable business in emerging markets For years, the global financial industry has promoted...
Business of the week
From garage startup to fintech giant: MercadoLibre’s rise reshapes Latin America
When MercadoLibre was founded in 1999 in Buenos Aires, it began as a modest online marketplace operating from a garage....
Serie - HIdden financial giants
Xi and Putin meeting tests Beijing’s diplomatic balance
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing less than a week after Donald Trump’s visit,...