On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 17 (SB 17) into law, reshaping the landscape for global investment in Texas ... ( read original story ...)
UN expert criticizes US rollback of Myanmar sanctions as ‘unconscionable’
A UN expert called out the US government on Wednesday for its rollback of sanctions against entities supplying weapons and other support to the Myanmar military, the junta, finding the act ... ( read original story ...)
Tally rises to 120 as another PTI worker’s property forfeited in May 9 case
SARGODHA: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Sargodha sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker Ismael Khan to life in prison in a May 9 case and forfeited his entire property to the state, taking ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia’s Vattanac Bank Partners with EMQ to Power … – Business Wire
Partnership enables Vattanac Bank to expand and streamline multi-currency payouts from Cambodia to key economic corridors across EMQ’s global network March 22, 2022 10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time ...
Why UAE businesses are ahead in AI adoption, reveals IBM’s Lula Mohanty
His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama was appointed as the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in 2017, becoming the world’s first minister in this field. But while the UAE may be setting ...
Barista clinches 3 Golds at National Business Excellence Awards
Barista Sri Lanka has secured three Gold Awards at the National Business Excellence Awards 2025, hosted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka; a resounding recognition of the company’s ...
Economic diversification and non-oil sector growth: Azerbaijan’s path to sustainable prosperity
Recent data from the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications underscore this positive trend. In the first half of 2025, Azerbaijan’s non-oil exports surged by 9.9% year-on-year, ...
Sumathi Awards recognizes SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka’s Child Safeguarding Video
SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka recently earned the title of 1st Runner-Up for Best Digital Advertising Commercial at the 30th Sumathi Awards. ..
Harnessing wind, sun, and atoms: How Kazakhstan plans to shift to cleaner energy
In this episode of Focus, we dive deeper into Kazakhstan’s energy sector and the country’s plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2060 by blending renewable energy and nuclear power.
Sri Lanka to facilitate imports from the US, anti-graft helps reduce Trump tariffs
Sri Lanka will facilitate more imports the United States to reduce a trade deficit and the also make it easier for American firms to do business in the country, Treasury Secretary Harshana ...