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Malaysia has no plans to raise palm oil's biodiesel blend to 20% from the current 10%, as the required infrastructure development would need funding that both the industry and the government are unwilling to provide, the commodities minister said on Monday.
Southeast Asian countries breathed a sigh of relief on Friday after the U.S. announced tariffs on their exports that were far lower than threatened and levelled the playing field with a rate of about 19% across the region's biggest economies.
Dismissed from the military amid speculation of rights abuses, exiled in Jordan, and banned from travelling to the United States on account of his alleged dark past, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto is now in pole position to be Indonesia's next leader.
The Philippine senate late on Tuesday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the country's economic planning chief said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he would not take part in a summit in Indonesia of the Group of 20 major economies if Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin attends.
Australia, South Korea and Kuwait have formally expressed interest in hosting the 2035 Asian Cup in addition to bidding for the 2031 tournament, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday.
Operations are normal at Indonesia's largest nickel processing complex, the Morowali industrial park on the eastern island of Sulawesi, despite floods this week, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Democratic Republic of Congo could extend a four-month export ban on cobalt introduced in February following a sharp drop in the metal's price, government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said on Friday.
China's imports of refined nickel have fallen to levels last seen almost 20 years ago, when the country's build-out of industrial capacity was still in its infancy.
Indonesian state energy company Pertamina is expected to take over Shell's 35% participating stake in the Masela gas project by the end of the month, energy minister Arifin Tasrif told parliament on Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump issued new letters on Wednesday notifying countries of higher tariff rates as he continues his "America First" policies and reorders global trade.
Oman named former Real Madrid and Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz as their new head coach on Tuesday as they bid to reach the 2026 World Cup.
J.P. Morgan said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia and the Philippines will be added to its local currency emerging market debt index from January 29 next year.
E-sports and breakdancing will debut in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as full medal sports after being approved by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the governing body said on Friday.
India will halt duty free imports of crude soyoil from April 1, the government said on Wednesday, as the world's biggest importer of vegetable oils tries to support local oilseed farmers.
Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 2.12% in August, essentially unchanged from 2.13% in July, official data showed on Monday, holding comfortably within the central bank's target range and matching market expectations.
Vietnam is seeking to import more coal from Australia to ease a shortage of the fossil fuel for electricity production, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Friday.
Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd (XCMG) (XCMGP.UL) said it has agreed with Tsingshan Holding Group Co Ltd to invest in a 5.5 billion yuan ($843 million) new energy vehicle (NEV) project in the eastern Chinese city of Xuzhou.
Emerging market countries and companies have issued a flood of bonds so far this year topping $55 billion, the most in years, as borrowers rush to lock in cash before the potential tumult of the second Donald Trump administration in the United States.
Indonesia's short-lived ban on exporting coal has sent ructions through the seaborne market for the fuel in Asia, with the fallout likely to last beyond the initial shortage of available cargoes.