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Indonesian telcos XL Axiata , Smartfren Telecom and its unit Smart Telcom (SmartTel) have agreed to merge to create an entity with an enterprise value of 104 trillion rupiah ($6.5 billion), the companies said on Wednesday.
Environmental experts and regional leaders said the tropical storm in the Malacca Strait that killed more than 800 people was just one of many worsened by climate change.
Of all the central banks which until recently dismissed inflation as transitory, one still stands: the Bank of Japan. But it's increasingly being challenged by hedge funds, which are betting it can't hold the line on super-loose policy forever.
Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
An Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the games from the South Korean television series in its cafe space.
A frozen Arctic vault built to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new contributors yet, a custodian of the remote facility said.
Trukkr, a fintech platform for Pakistan’s trucking industry, said on Tuesday it had raised $6.4 million in a funding round and also received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence.
Malaysia has agreed to raise the threshold for its palm oil windfall profit levy effective next year and will set the tax rate at 3% nationwide, the finance minister said on Friday.
The Philippines will stick to its position on Sabina Shoal, it said on Thursday, even while exploring ways to ease tension in the area during "frank and candid" talks with China on managing disputes in the key waterway of the South China Sea.
Philippine authorities on Friday filed several counts of money laundering against a fugitive former town mayor accused of links to Chinese criminal syndicates.
Britain officially became the 12th member of a trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan, Australia and Canada on Sunday as it seeks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.
India's palm oil imports jumped to a six-month high in May, driven by low inventories and the tropical oil's price discount to rival soyoil and sunflower oil, which prompted refiners to boost purchases, an industry body said on Thursday.
Fenerbahce's upcoming EuroLeague home games against Israeli teams Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv have been moved to Munich next month due to security concerns, the Turkish club said on Wednesday.
The world's largest financial institutions increased their backing of companies in the agriculture, forestry and land use sectors most responsible for deforestation in 2021, a new study showed on Tuesday.
Great Britain's Katie Boulter rallied after her Monday match carried over to Tuesday and knocked off No. 8 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada at the HSBC Championships in London.
Foreign investors pivoted to net selling of Asian equities in January, influenced by a reassessment of the cooling U.S. economy and anticipation of slower and later than expected rate cuts in 2024.
Asian bonds received lowest foreign inflow this year in October, hit by concerns over higher inflation levels and a slowdown in China's economy.
India's edible oil consumption is set to grow at a pace of 2%-3% as cooking oils remain affordable despite an import duty hike, a leading importer told Reuters on Wednesday.
Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X Bhd will add new long-haul routes from Kuala Lumpur to London, Dubai and Istanbul this year, the airline said on Wednesday, aiming to take advantage of growing demand as travel curbs are lifted.
India will extend edible oil imports at a lower duty by another year until March 2025, the government said in a notification issued late on Monday, as the world's biggest vegetable oil importer moves to contain local prices.