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A bumper crop with mixed signals for consumers Japan’s agriculture ministry expects the 2025 staple rice harvest to reach about 7.48 million tons, a nine-year high and roughly 10% above last year.
To accelerate rural entrepreneurship, women-led businesses, and green investment, the Government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have jointly signed a major agreement worth US$100 million.
Smaller-than-feared hike, macro currents, and why the dollar matters Crude futures edged up after OPEC+ moved to limit next month’s production increase, easing oversupply fears that had weighed on benchmarks.
Upgrade for 2025, caution for next year The World Bank raised China’s 2025 GDP forecast to 4.8% from 4.0%, citing better-than-expected near-term momentum…
Strategy to expand in electricity markets Marubeni said it will establish a new trading outfit to strengthen its presence in Japan’s power market,…
Policy pivot and market appetite The U.S. Interior Department is preparing coal lease auctions that officials say will gauge industry demand under President Trump’s push to revive domestic mining.
Policy signals for heavy industry Malaysia unveiled an industry plan aiming to make its steel sector “fully green” by 2050, with milestones for low-carbon processes, recycled scrap use and renewable power sourcing.
What Figueres is arguing now Christiana Figueres says the economics of clean power now lead policy, not the other way around.
Tariff concept and industry reaction The U.S. is considering a tariff regime that would tax foreign electronics according to the number of chips inside each device.
Pipeline restart and the deal behind it Crude exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to Turkey’s Ceyhan terminal restarted for the first time since…
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