MAEX declares K4.76B dividend at K200 per share for FY2025-26
MYANMAR Agro Exchange Public Limited (MAEX), a listed company on the Yangon Stock Exchange, held its 10th Annual General Meeting on 28 August and announced a total dividend of K4.76…
Weak sugar market amid high inventories
Global sugar prices have surged, lifting domestic market rates, but trading activity remains subdued as heavy inventories weigh on demand, according to sugarcane and sugar traders. India, the world’s second-largest…
The AI Brief
Ex-Nvidia Researchers Launch Veeda With Record $90M Seed Round Leading off with major venture backing for physical AI: a team of former Nvidia researchers has launched Veeda Innovation with a…
Nepal glacier disaster highlights rising Himalayan climate risks
NEPAL’S deadly glacier-triggered flood in the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindukush (HKH) region is not a freak disaster. It is a warning that climate change is turning the region’s water tower into a source…
US plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week as it intensified efforts to economically isolate Iran, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press…
Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran’s Larak Island
Oil prices were trading more than 2% higher on Monday after the U.S. attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and drew retaliation from Tehran, as their conflict…
US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war…
Responding to a Misguided and Speculative Article on the ICJ Case
By a Legal Scholar IT has come to my attention that Yuyun Wahyuningrum, a Senior Researcher at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, based in Australia, recently…
India telecom subscriber base grows
INDIA’S total telephone subscriber base rose by 6.20 million in July 2026 to 1.35 billion, registering a monthly growth of 0.46 per cent, as both wireless and wireline connections expanded,…
China moves to improve commercial housing sales system
CHINA will steadily advance reforms to its commercial housing sales system and accelerate efforts to foster a new development model for the real estate sector, according to a recent circular…