TLE DESK: Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal on Thursday after the talks plunged into […]
Asian stocks sink as oil surges on US-Iran deadlock
TLE DESK: Most Asian shares fell in morning trade on Monday, extending recent global market losses, as the impasse in…
AI-related demand boosts Singapore exports in April
TLE DESK: Singapore’s exports rose nearly 25 percent in April compared to the same month the previous year as strong…
Sri Lanka hikes cooking gas prices amid global energy pressures
TLE DESK: Sri Lanka has increased the price of cooking gas by up to 23 per cent, as authorities grapple…
Trump warns of make-or-break chance with Putin as pressure mounts
TLE DESK: Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance, but Moscow pressed ahead […]
India and China eye border trade resumption
TLEDESK: India and China are discussing resuming border trade five years after it was halted, foreign ministry officials on both sides have said, as US tariffs disrupt the global trade order. Past […]
CPJ says journalists ‘must never be targeted in war’ after Israel’s Gaza strike
Media advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday slammed an Israeli strike that killed several Al Jazeera staff in Gaza overnight, saying journalists should never be targeted in war. “Journalists are civilians. They […]
Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study
TLE DESK: Tropical bird populations have plummeted not only due to deforestation but also extreme heat attributable to climate change, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Intensifying […]
Global Economy Faces New Challenges as Inflation Persists
The global economy is navigating through a complicated maze this week as inflation continues to stubbornly persist in many major economies, and supply chain disruptions show signs of lingering longer than expected. […]
Global Round-Up: Diplomacy, Science, and Soft Power Collide
In Geneva this week, the mood at the Global Plastics Treaty talks took a sharp turn. The United States quietly circulated a memo rejecting proposals to cap plastic production—something over a hundred […]
July inflation snaps declining streak, rises to 8.55% in Bangladesh
Meanwhile, the central bank set a target of containing inflation within the 6.5% ceiling for FY26 Bangladesh’s inflation rate edged up to 8.55% in July, breaking a three-month easing streak, driven by […]
Trump adds 25% tariff on India over Russian oil purchases
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods over New Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. […]