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UN expert says firms 'profiting' from 'genocide' of Palestinians
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» GENEVA - UN rights expert Francesca Albanese on Thursday denounced companies she said "profited from the Israeli economy of illegal occupation, apartheid, and now genocide", in a report that provoked a furious response from Israel.
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
AFP, Published on 02/07/2025
» BROOKES POINT (PHILIPPINES) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.
Chinese PM to attend Asean-Gulf summit to rally against US tariffs
Reuters, Published on 08/05/2025
» BEIJING — Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Malaysia in late May for a summit with a newly established super-group of Southeast Asian and Arab nations which Beijing hopes to rally against Washington's tariffs, two sources told Reuters.
US slashes estimate of Vietnam's rare earth reserves
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2025
» HANOI — The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has significantly revised down its estimate of Vietnam's rare earth reserves to 3.5 million metric tonnes from 22 million tonnes, a change that if verified could affect the country's ambitions to be a rare earths powerhouse.
Singapore oil tycoon OK Lim sentenced to 17 years in jail
Bloomberg, Published on 18/11/2024
» Singapore oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in jail for cheating HSBC Holdings Plc and instigating forgery in a case that has shaken the city-state’s commodity-trading community and left banks nursing hefty losses.
China and Indonesia to sign deals worth $10bn
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 09/11/2024
» BEIJING - Chinese and Indonesian companies will sign business agreements totalling more than $10 billion on Sunday, President Prabowo Subianto said as he met his counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit on Saturday.
Malaysia begins diesel subsidy reforms, prices to rise 50% Monday
Reuters, Published on 09/06/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Diesel fuel prices in much of Malaysia are set to rise by roughly 50% on Monday as the government begins shifting away from costly blanket subsidies to a targeted approach that mainly helps the needy.
Biden calls China 'xenophobic'
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/04/2024
» WASHINGTON - United States President Joe Biden called China "xenophobic" while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for US economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
Xi set to meet Indonesia’s Prabowo in China amid tensions at sea
Bloomberg, Published on 01/04/2024
» Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to meet Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Beijing on Monday amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.
China-Africa trade hit US$282 billion in 2023 but Africa's trade deficit widens, with commodity prices a key factor
South China Morning Post, Published on 01/02/2024
» China's total trade with Africa grew a modest 1.5 per cent in 2023 from 2022 to US$282.1 billion, but Africa's trade deficit with China widened, according to the latest Chinese customs data.