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Pacific recycling programmes turn beverage containers into export revenue

TUVALU’S first export of recycled PET flake and Fiji’s recovery of more than 17.7 million beverage containers show how P...

Five economic challenges facing Brazil's re-elected President Lula

Lula plans a new round of debt relief, this time through discounted purchases of distressed household loans from banks, ...

Musk says SpaceX landed a $40 billion debt deal — and forecasts doom for some AI rivals

SpaceX is rapidly growing an AI business that rents out access to advanced chips.

Marape orders economic taskforce to curb overspending, lift revenue

PRIME Minister James Marape has ordered Papua New Guinea’s economic leadership to shift its focus from public spending t...

Asset Manager Australian Dollar Shorts Hit Record on Risk-Off

Asset managers’ short positions on the Australian dollar surged to a record high in the week ended Oct. 20, as mounting ...

SoftBank’s Son plans $50 billion Malaysia tech outlay, PM Anwar Ibrahim says

A push in Malaysia would expand SoftBank's reach in Southeast Asia, a region that is emerging as a key hub for AI infras...

PNG parliament passes four LNG bills unanimously, clearing a step toward $14.5 billion project

PAPUA New Guinea’s parliament has unanimously passed four legislative amendments tied to the Papua LNG project, a step P...

Brazil Markets Brace for Rout on Lula’s Improbable Election Win

Traders are bracing for steep losses across Brazilian markets Monday after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled of...

Pakistan, Qatar explore new avenues for trade, investment cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Qatar have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral economic ties, exploring new a...

Lula’s Surprise Brazil Victory Sends Assets Lower

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s runoff election with 51.76% of the vote to Flávio Bolsonaro’s 48.24%. B...

SpaceX closes $40 billion debt deal for AI chips, Elon Musk says

Elon Musk said in an X post that SpaceX has closed $40 billion in debt financing to purchase GPUs.

Western Sydney Airport Opens With Uncertain Prospects

Western Sydney International Airport has opened after decades of delays and political turnover, with a billion-dollar pr...

Seoul stocks open lower ahead of earnings reports, Fed decision

South Korean stocks opened lower Monday as investors awaited third-quarter earnings from major chipmakers and the US Fed...

Ingenia Soars on Fresh $1.6 Billion Takeover Bid From AVID

Ingenia Communities Group shares soared following a takeover bid from AVID Property Group Holdings, as a bidding war ram...

Fed to lead trio in hawkish rate pause

Masayoshi plans Malaysia outlay

US Treasury proposes overseas tech investment rule

High-level talks in Doha spotlight trade and investment opportunities for LDCs

A high-level roundtable held in Doha, Qatar, on 26 October brought together representatives of least-developed countries...

SK hynix weighs $12.1 billion special dividend, newspaper says

SK hynix ‌is considering a special dividend of ‌about 16 trillion won ($12 billion), funded ⁠by gains from selling its s...

Korean won's nominal effective rate rises to 2-yr high

The Korean won's nominal effective exchange rate rose to its highest level in about two years, data showed Monday. Accor...

Goldman Says Yen Becoming Better Hedge Against AI Market Shock

The yen is becoming a more effective hedge against an artificial intelligence-driven market shock as changes in Japan’s ...

Algeria Votes to Send Troops to Protect Niger’s Oil Facilities

Algerian lawmakers approved sending troops to protect oil facilities in neighboring Niger, as the North African OPEC mem...

Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans retail stablecoin as HSBC RedCoin launches

After HSBC RedCoin launched on Friday, Anchorpoint – the stablecoin-issuing joint venture led by Standard Chartered – sa...

Oil Prices Rise Despite Middle East Export Recovery

Reports about recovering oil flows in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea have dominated headlines over the past couple of ...

Baht to Rebound on Inflows Into Nation’s Bonds, Analysts Say

Thailand’s baht may be nearing a turning point after a bruising eight months, with analysts seeing scope for a rebound a...

US to remove some Canadian tariffs ahead of elections

The US announced plans to remove tariffs on certain Canadian products after an embattled Republican senator in Maine lob...

US Equity Futures Climb as Crude Oil Price Dips: Markets Wrap

US stock futures advanced and crude oil retreated as traders weighed the latest geopolitical developments over Iran and ...

Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Oct. 26

Oil edged lower from a six-month high, even as US President Donald Trump signaled he was prepared to resume attacks on I...

Vucic says winning Student List will impose anti-Russian sanctions by spring

The former president called the election result a "revolution carried out with the direct support from a number of Europ...

Ethiopia ranks third among Russian fertilizer importers — ambassador

Yevgeny Terekhin says diammonium phosphate is the main item in Ethiopia's purchases from Russia

US says helped Gulf nations export 1.5 bn barrels of oil through Hormuz

US says helped Gulf nations export 1.5 bn barrels of oil through Hormuz US Central Command on Sunday said it helped Gulf...

Trump gears up for Iran escalation after US polls; Tehran says position unchanged

US President Donald Trump has signaled potential military action against Iran following the upcoming midterm elections. ...

Live: Wall Street retreats as oil prices continue to rise, ASX set to slip

Oil prices have jumped, putting downward pressure on global stock markets, including the ASX. Follow the day's events an...

Has Healey’s military-style budget secrecy really played out so differently to past budgets?

Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in th...

UK’s Healey Ends Talks with Canada to Merge Defense Banks

The UK and Canada scrapped talks to merge their two defense financing banks after failing to agree on a location for a j...

Why Tonga’s Chinese debt won’t be forgiven, and who pays instead

Tonga's Chinese debt repayments are peaking just as Australia quietly picks up the slack. Why won't Beijing forgive the ...

Hassett Says US-Canada Trade Talks Are ‘Very Close’ to a Deal

Top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said US-Canada trade negotiations have “picked up” and are “gathering ste...

Britain will not join Canada-led defence bank

Chancellor John Healey will instead throw weight behind a separate UK-led initiative

Trump describes diesel deal with Russia as very good

They didn't give us oil; they gave the oil to the world, said US President

Trump’s tariff pause angers some US ranchers, boosts Brazil beef imports

Just as American cattle went to market, Trump's action added unease to an industry already facing uncertainty.