2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (841+ words) A bill its authors say will curb online disinformation while protecting the press has cleared the Philippines’ House of Representatives and is now before the Senate, but artificial intelligence (AI) experts and academics warn it could stifle freedom of expression…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (816+ words) The economic ramifications of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are widely discussed. But so far, the risk of ecological damage following a long blockade of ships has been overlooked. Our recent research shows that more than 1,500 commercial vessels…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (884+ words) Coal fuelled the first Industrial Revolution, and oil defined the industrial and geopolitical order of the twentieth century. Wars were fought over it, alliances were built around it, and economies rose and fell with its price. Critical minerals are now…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (942+ words) Thailand is moving to tighten rules for data centres, including higher electricity tariffs, upfront grid-access guarantees and tougher investment screening, as an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven construction boom raises concerns over pressure on the country’s power system and water resources....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (572+ words) Economics shapes many aspects of our daily lives, from the prices we pay to the policies governments adopt. Yet many of the ideas taught as universal principles of economics emerged from a narrow historical context and have rarely been examined…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (565+ words) Every June, around World Refugee Day, the United Nations refugee agency releases Global Trends, its annual account of forced displacement. We have just crossed another World Refugee Day, and the figure remains unthinkable: 117.8 million people were forcibly displaced at the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (553+ words) Global health financing has long reflected good intentions but flawed incentives, with donor countries setting priorities and recipient governments learning to follow them. But this decades-old arrangement is now collapsing, giving us a rare opportunity to transform how we finance…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (265+ words) Sea salt sold in markets across Lombok Island, Indonesia, is contaminated with microplastics, according to a recent study. The research team led by Anna Ida Sunaryo Purwiyanto collected 20 salt samples from vendors at 10 markets across Lombok Island. They extracted potential…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (634+ words) Green bonds remain the dominant form of sustainable debt in Asia, but their share of the market is gradually shrinking as issuers turn to a wider range of financing instruments and a sharp slowdown in China weighs on regional issuance....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (439+ words) Eco-Business ComfortDelGro unveils CDG Energy, expanding beyond EV charging into integrated energy management Singapore, 12 August 2026 – ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited (SGX: C52) (“ComfortDelGro”, “the Group”) today unveiled CDG Energy, the new identity of its energy management business following the acquisition of the remaining…...