By IntelliNews Indonesia and the Philippines have formalised a strategic alliance to unify the regional nickel industry, effectively creating a nickel cartel that controls nearly three-quarters of the ...
From textiles to chips: How a Surat-based company is making inroads into India’s semiconductor future
For decades, the world's appetite for semiconductor chips had quietly been fed by a handful of East Asian countries — Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and China. Three-quarters of global chip manufacturing ...
China’s AI IPO Boom Leaves US in the Dust
Chinese AI firms dominate Hong Kong IPOs with $22 billion in exits, while U.S. tech listings lag. Read the full analysis.
Kyrgyzstan teams up with EU and UNDP to overhaul public finance systems
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 10. Kyrgyzstan, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new project aimed at enhancing the efficiency, transparency, and ...
UAE extends e-invoicing service provider deadline to October 2026
UAE's Ministry of Finance said service providers have already been approved, while several others are in the final stages of the accreditation process ...
Iraq’s Internal Debt Reaches $74bn as External Obligations Fall
By John Lee. According to a Ministry of Finance report, Iraq's total internal debt stood at IQD 96.629 trillion ($73.8 billion) as of the end of April 2026, while external debt has been reduced to $10 ...
Myanmar: Frontier Asia’s Trickiest Puzzle
Sources: Asia Times, Asian Development Bank, Best’s Country Risk Report—Myanmar, International Monetary Fund, Myanmar Times, Reuters, Transparency International, United States Institute of Peace, US ...
Beyond loans: Building Bangladesh’s venture economy
The purpose is simple but ambitious — to channel institutional capital from Bangladesh into high-growth businesses and at the same time attract global venture capital into our economy ...
China Asks Banks to Pause New Loans to US-Sanctioned Refiner
China’s financial regulator advised the country’s largest banks to temporarily suspend new loans to five refiners recently sanctioned by the US over their ties to Iranian oil, according to people ...
Female veteran on Honor Flight remembers Vietnam
Cheryl Person is the only woman on this trip who served in Vietnam. “I got orders to go to Vietnam, and I was at the 24th evac at Long Binh, Vietnam, and I was there about a ...