Climate change, COVID-19, and conflict in Ukraine have increased the demand for palm oil — and with it, the price. In reaction, the Indonesian government imposed a controversial export ban in April, o…
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Billionaire Henry Cheng Ventures Into Web3 With Investment Tokens For London Real Estate
Knight Dragon, a London-based property developer owned by Hong Kong’s Henry Cheng, is offering investors a share in the profits of one of Britain’s largest urban renewal projects by using blockchain t…
Robot boats gobble plastic waste from Vietnam to Malaysia
The floating markets of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have a new, high-tech neighbor: a robotic boat that gobbles up plastic bottles, wrappers, and other trash that could spill into the Pacific Ocean, taking…
Nepal to move Everest base camp over climate effects
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Indonesia’s Nusantara beckons for Malaysian investors
Malaysia should seize investment opportunities arising from Indonesia’s development of its new capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan, a Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) official …
Bangladesh, India for strengthening cooperation in water management, cyber, food security
Bangladesh and India yesterday (June 19, 2022) agreed to work closely together to further strengthen cooperation in the areas of common rivers and water resources management and pledged to expand coll…
Commodity Market Report – 20 Jun 2022
Gold prices threaded in sideways last week as bargain-hunters are beginning to pick bottom at USD1805 /oz level. This week, we reckon the market movement will move within the USD1805 – USD1860 /oz ran…
Weekly Rubber Report – 20 Jun 2022
Market Fundamentals: Both U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of England raised interest rate last week to counter global inflation. Dollar Index advances against Asia currencies and maintains strong moment…
Can India Help ASEAN Escape Superpower Rivalry?
When India hosted a special gathering of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last week, the specter of war wasn’t far from the minds of the assembled ministers. T…
Israel, PH to partner up on agriculture
This can be gleaned from the statement of Ambassador Ilan Fluss of Israel following his courtesy call to President-elect Bongbong Marcos on Monday, June 13 a the BBM headquarters in Mandaluyong City. …