ABN AMRO reported a 29% rise in second-quarter profit to €781 million and raised its 2026 commercial interest-income guidance.
YPF reported $1.21 billion in second-quarter profit, driven by higher shale production, record processing volumes, and stronger international oil prices.
YPF raised its 2026 investment forecast to $6.2 billion after stronger shale production and higher oil prices improved its outlook.
Argentina’s YPF has applied for RIGI incentives for a proposed $51 billion LNG project involving Vaca Muerta, Eni, and XRG.
Indonesia’s annual inflation slowed to 2.88% in July, helped by easing food and transportation costs.
Indonesia plans to integrate artificial intelligence into major government programs, including its $15 billion free-meals initiative.
Indonesia is intensifying efforts to contain forest and land fires as El Niño strengthens and haze spreads across the region.
Indonesia will take control of a company operating the $7.3 billion China-funded Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway.
Bank of America plans to deploy $250 billion by July 2027 toward U.S. technology, energy and infrastructure financing.
Eli Lilly filed six lawsuits against U.S. companies it accused of illegally selling unapproved versions of experimental obesity drug retatrutide.
U.S. markets were focused on July inflation data, with investors looking for signals about future Federal Reserve policy.
Nintendo will officially launch Switch consoles in Indonesia in December 2026, entering Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
An Indonesian ferry traveling from Bali to Lombok caught fire Wednesday, killing one person while 172 people were rescued.
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China denounced New Zealand as a “pawn” after accusations of espionage, accusing officials of siding with outside powers.
France and 30 other nations, with the EU, condemn Iran’s executions of protesters and urge an end to the death penalty.
Tokyo protested Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the Japan-claimed Kuril Islands, accusing Russia of violating Japan’s sovereignty stance.
South Africa’s court upheld activists’ challenge to Shell’s planned offshore work, ending a years-long legal battle.
A Taliban military helicopter crashed in Badakhshan’s Nusay district, with sources saying Fateh’s fighters shot it down.
Lavrov says Russia will not halt at the current line of contact, invoking the memory that “our grandfathers fought against the Nazis.”
Data tabled in India’s parliament shows attacks on Indians abroad surged nearly sevenfold from 2021 to 2025.
Japan’s prime minister calls Vladimir Putin’s Kuril visit “absolutely unacceptable,” saying it violates Japan’s position under international law.
A mother was found guilty of killing her baby daughter after jurors heard the infant died from heat injuries from a hairdryer.
Astronomers have detected the first globular cluster stellar stream in the Andromeda Galaxy, providing new insights into galactic formation and tidal disruption processes.