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Santos gives XRG Consortium six weeks for $18.7bn takeover review
Yahoo Finance
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Australia-based Santos has granted exclusive due diligence access for six weeks to the consortium led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which offered $18.7bn for the Australian oil and gas producer. Santos entered a process and...
VR8 zooms on magnetite deal
Cairns Post
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June 17, 2025
Vanadium Resources signs non-binding MoU to sell magnetite ore from its Steelpoortdrift project in South Africa A strategic alliance will fast-track FEED studies for the Kuda Tasi and Jahal oil fields in Timor-Leste Sunrise Energy Metals has...
Reforms Needed to Help Pacific Workers Access Millions in Unclaimed Superannuation
Newswise
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June 17, 2025
Newswise — Finance experts are calling on the Federal Government to make it easier for Pacific and Timor-Leste workers that come to Australia to access unclaimed superannuation once their visa expires. More than 31,000 workers participated in the...
HPU Sets Record with Four Fulbright Recipients
Yes Weekly - North Carolina
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HIGH POINT, N.C., June 25, 2025 – Four High Point University graduates have been awarded scholarships from the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach English and earn master’s degrees abroad. It marks the highest number of Fulbright...
Inside the futuristic Japanese warship that could change the face of the Australian navy
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 28, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Giant cranes dot the coastline near Nagasaki, the ancient port city in south-western Japan...
ESET and Canon Extends Regional Alliance to Combat Asia's Security Challenges
The Slovenia Times
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June 30, 2025
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 30 June 2025 - ESET Asia Pte. Ltd. ("ESET"), a global leader in cybersecurity, and Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("Canon") today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") that marks the...
Iran and us: Time for a feel
Business World
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June 29, 2025
I ran and us, separated by the Asian landmass, are tangled up in invisible knots first entwined in the mid-20th Century. Time now to give these unseen knots a good feel. Seventy years ago, Iran’s elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was...
Indonesia calls for intensified renewable power plant development
Antara
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June 28, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Industry Ministry (Kemenperin) urges domestic industries to increase their participation in developing power generation facilities using new and renewable energy (NRE) sources, supporting the national roadmap to achieve Net...
Weekly Japanese Industry and Policy News: 21 - 27 June, 2025
EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
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The EU Japan Centre is releasing a weekly press review covering Japan's economic and policy matters. Economic News ▶ Japan, UK, Italy form Edgewing joint venture for next-gen fighter jet 21 June 2025 Japan, the U.K., and Italy have launched a...
China's expanding visa-free policy enhances inclusive globalization
Global Times
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Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Editor's Note: Starting Monday, China began implementing a trial visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. With this expansion, China now offers unilateral visa-free entry...
Homegrown Leadership: Seabee Officer Returns to Inspire Anchorage Youth During Navy Week
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 21, 2025
ANCHORAGE, AK (Jun 19, 2025) Lt. Paul Leray, a Civil Engineer Corps officer in the U.S. Navy and native of Eagle River, returned to his hometown during Navy Week Anchorage 2025 as part of the Navy’s Fleet Outreach Ambassador Team (FLOAT)....
UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | June 15 to June 21, 2025
The Indian Express
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June 21, 2025
QUESTION 1 With reference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, consider the following statements: Story continues below this ad 1. It is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and technology, and promoting cooperation in the...
Macau ASEAN Chamber of Commerce delegation visits Thailand amid growing regional collaboration
Macau Daily Times
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June 29, 2025
Heads of MAICC delegation with Thai Deputy Prime Minister in Bangkok, Friday The Macao ASEAN International Chamber of Commerce (MAICC) has embarked on a five-day business mission to Thailand, with scheduled stops in Pattaya and Bangkok. The...
World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies
Nairametrics
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June 27, 2025
The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...
The neighbour market
The Monthly
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I realised too late that the front door was open. I should have called out and let myself in. Instead, I rang the bell, forcing Kitione Waqanisau to labour his way up the hallway on crutches. Kiti, as he likes to be called, guided me to the lounge...
Roaming Charges: After Midnight
CounterPunch
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June 27, 2025
B-2 Stealth bomber flying at night. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder / U.S. Air Force. After midnight We’re gonna let it all hang out We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion Give an exhibition Find out what it is all about – JJ Cale, After Midnight...
Why has Việt Nam’s ‘Blazing Furnace’ Campaign Failed?
The Vietnamese Magazine
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June 19, 2025
This article is the final installment of a special series on anti-corruption in Asia. It is based on research published in 2019 by scholars Edmund Malesky and Ngọc Phan of Duke University, using data available up to 2018. Trần Bình Thản wrote this...
ASEAN SOMTC focuses on combating 10 cross-border crimes
The Sun Daily
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June 26, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: The 25th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) concluded in Putrajaya after five days of intensive discussions aimed at combating 10 major cross-border crimes affecting the region. The meeting, hosted by...
Ex-world leaders call for ‘powerful shift’ as they warn of extreme inequality
The Guardian
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June 26, 2025
The world is facing a looming crisis of inequality that could see the first trillionaires emerge while nearly half of humanity still languishes in poverty, a group of 40 former presidents and prime ministers warns. In a letter seen by the...
Timor Sea oilfield development gets fast-tracked
Offshore Energy
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June 17, 2025
Perth-based oil and gas exploration player Finder Energy has signed a development alliance agreement and accelerated front-end engineering and design (FEED) project (AFP) agreement with U.S.-headquartered technology player SLB, aimed at expediting...