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Chongqing Qianxin Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Group Co., Ltd(CFTEC) Hosts the Global Trade Partner Matching Conference
CHONGQING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 July 2025 - On July 16, the Global Trade Partner Matching Conference, organized by CFTEC and guided by the Chongqing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the Chongqing...

U.S. Could Vastly Expand Global Immigrant Detention Network
The Trump administration is set to vastly expand deportations to countries other than immigrants’ home nations, supercharging a system of international detainee transfers that human rights advocates say exposes thousands of people to human rights...

Thailand-Cambodia Border Closures Choke Land Trade, Prompt Supply Chain Shifts
The closure of checkpoints on the Thailand-Cambodia border in June has effectively frozen cross-border trade in the region. But with the lion’s share of exports traveling by sea, the closures are forecast to have a limited impact on overall trade...

Universities, research labs, and MSMEs collaborate to drive innovation
Trademarks, creative designs, innovations, and literary and artistic works created by MSME entrepreneurs can all be protected under the intellectual property system, ensuring legal protection for their creations. Chairman of the State...

MPI up for two months in a row
PUBLISHED : 1 Jul 2025 at 05:37 The political risk that threatens to undermine the government should become clearer this month, indicative of whether the manufacturing sector will decelerate after the Manufacturing Production Index (MPI) rose by...

India, ASEAN Push To Fast-Track Review Of…
New Delhi, Jul 10 (KNN) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Thursday that discussions are underway with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to review the existing trade agreement, expressing his intention to...

MGMA invites sample entries for Apparel Sourcing Paris
Images of Apparel Sourcing Paris. The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) has invited applications for product samples to be displayed at the Apparel Sourcing Paris exhibition in Paris, France. MGMA said that the Myanmar pavilion will...
DHL Global Forwarding announces strategic leadership appointments in Asia Pacific
Christopher Lim, previously Managing Director, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei, will be appointed Vice President and Head of Road Freight and Multimodal, Asia Pacific, effective 1 August 2025. Praveen Gregory, currently Senior Vice President,...

Jordan Lifts Ban On Brazilian Chicken
(MENAFN- Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA)) São Paulo – Jordan has lifted restrictions on Brazilian chicken meat exports to its market, which had been in place due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) reported in the city of...

Kaladan corridor: A strategic dream marred by ground realities
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, has stated that the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project is expected to be fully operational by 2027. However, ground realities paint a far less certain picture, with...

Over 100 illegal bases found along Kelantan-Thailand border
KOTA BHARU: More than 100 illegal bases remain active along the Kelantan-Thailand border despite intensified enforcement efforts and the closure of unauthorised routes since December last year. The General Operations Force (GOF) Southeast Brigade...

Japanese businesses withdraw from television venture with junta-connected media company
Three Japanese media companies are exiting a joint television production venture with Myanmar’s Shwe Thanlwin Group, according to the investigative monitoring organisation Justice For Myanmar (JFM). The Shwe Thanlwin Group (STLG), founded and...

GOF detects more than 100 illegal bases in Kelantan
KOTA BARU: More than 100 illegal bases still exist along the Kelantan-Thailand border despite intensified enforcement and the closure of illegal routes since December, raising security concerns. General Operations Force (GOF) South-East Brigade...
Hindu Kush Himalayas seeing dramatic rise in glacial-origin floods, recent events triggered by nascent glacial lakes: ICIMOD
The Hindu Kush Himalaya region covers 3,500 kilometres across Asia, spanning eight countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Up to two billion people are dependent on the region for food, water and...
GOF: Illegal crossings persist along Kelantan-Thai border with over 100 active bases detected
KOTA BHARU, July 17 — More than 100 illegal bases detected still exist along the Kelantan-Thailand border despite intensified enforcement and the closure of illegal routes since December last year, raising concerns over the effectiveness of the...
GOF Detects Over 100 Illegal Bases; Monitoring Hindered By Terrain, Settlements
KOTA BHARU, July 17 (Bernama) -- More than 100 illegal bases detected still exist along the Kelantan-Thailand border despite intensified enforcement and the closure of illegal routes since December last year, raising concerns over the...

Border First
The latest wave of Chin refugees into Mizoram is a stark reminder that India’s eastern frontier cannot be left to the whims of foreign instability. Nearly 4,000 civilians have fled Myanmar’s Chin State ~ not from junta forces, but from infighting...
Built in Thailand, funded in Singapore, as startups gravitate to city-state
[BANGKOK] In October 2026, Thailand will host the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings, with digital transformation expected to take centre stage. But even as the country readies for its time in the global spotlight, it is...

Junta airstrikes kill a dozen civilians in Magway Region, Mandalay Region, and Karenni State
Bombing by Myanmar’s air force killed at least 12 people and injured 15 on Wednesday in anti-junta strongholds in Mandalay Region, Magway Region, and Karenni State, according to local sources. The areas targeted in the aerial attacks were all...

U.S. Stocks End Midweek in Green on Nvidia’s Historic Surge
(MENAFN) The New York Stock Exchange surged midweek, driven by a tech rally propelled by Nvidia, which became the first company to achieve a staggering $4 trillion market valuation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.49%, adding 217.54...