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Singapore is positioning itself as a trade bridge between ASEAN and Central Asia amid global trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions, with Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong advocating for the city-state’s role during visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

China’s Pinglu Canal, a US$10.8 billion megaproject, is nearing completion with the delivery of its command vessel Pinglu 001, set to open later this month.

Wall Street futures declined pre-market as global bond yields rose, indicating a broad selloff in bonds that undermined equity sentiment.

Asia’s top cocoa processor warns that El Niño weather patterns may cause a global cocoa supply deficit for the first time in three years, threatening production in key growing regions.

TPG Inc.-backed Asia OneHealthcare Sdn.

Cambodia’s crackdown on Southeast Asian scam operations may have displaced criminal networks rather than dismantling them, as recent arrests indicate regrouping in alternative jurisdictions.

The article reports escalating military and cyber attacks between the US and Iran, coinciding with a deepening global bond selloff.

The Kremlin indicated a potential trilateral meeting between Xi Jinping, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin at the upcoming APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19.

US lawmakers advanced the bipartisan Foreign Robocall Elimination Act to identify foreign sources of illegal robocalls, following reports linking scam losses to Chinese criminal networks.

Asia spot LNG prices rose to $24.614 per MMBtu, the highest in five months, as the Strait of Hormuz blockage limited cargo flow and buyers scrambled for available spot cargoes.

Bloomberg analysis indicates Russia has doubled its 'dark fleet' of opaque-owned LNG carriers to at least 20 vessels in nine months, specifically to ship from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project.

Ripple announced a strategic partnership to expand custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants, signaling growing institutional adoption of digital asset infrastructure in the region.