JUNEAU, Alaska — Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, a modest showing but one that further opens the door to possible development in the pristine region.The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, a state corporation that already has leases in the refuge’s coastal plain, had the winning bid on three tracts and Hex Energy LLC on two, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced. The tracts cover about 72,000 acres. Nearly 690,000 acres had been offered. Winning bids totaled $3.7 million. The federal agency’s…
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BANGKOK, June 6 — A Thai court has sentenced a ride-hailing driver to one month in jail and fined him 5,000 baht (RM645) for assaulting a Japanese passenger following a dispute during a trip in Bangkok.The incident occurred near the busy Asok intersection on Monday and involved a 23-year-old driver and a 52-year-old Japanese passenger travelling in a Bolt vehicle, The Bangkok Post reported today.The passenger admitted swearing at the driver and kicking the driver’s seat during an argument over the fare and traffic conditions.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe driver later ordered the passenger out of the vehicle before assaulting him.The Criminal Court found…
Key Insights: The HKMA launched an expert group to accelerate the adoption of tokenized bonds in Hong Kong. HKMA wants clearer rules and stronger systems for wider bond tokenization. Hong Kong is building on earlier digital bonds worth billions of Hong Kong dollars. Hong Kong has formed a new expert group to advance tokenized bonds, bringing global banks and digital asset firms into its fixed-income strategy. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said the group will study rules, market standards, and infrastructure needed for wider issuance. Members include JPMorgan Securities, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, Ant Digital, HashKey Group, and several…
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St’s easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Why Danske Bank stock is on investors’ radar today Danske Bank (CPSE:DANSKE) is drawing attention after recent share price moves, with the stock showing mixed short term performance and a stronger total return picture over the past year. Over the past day the stock gained about 0.6%, while it declined roughly 2.2% over the past week. Even so, total return over the past year stands near 39%, with multi year figures also well into positive territory. See our latest analysis for Danske Bank.…
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AbstractAccording to the latest IndexBox report on the global Electrodialysis Membrane Stacks market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture.The global electrodialysis (ED) membrane stack market is positioned for sustained expansion through 2035, underpinned by intensifying water scarcity, tightening industrial discharge regulations, and growing adoption of selective ion separation in food and chemical processing. ED membrane stacks—the core electro-membrane modules enabling brackish water desalination, brine concentration, and demineralization—are increasingly specified in municipal desalination plants, zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) systems, and whey processing lines. The market is projected to register…
A new study is casting fresh scrutiny on what happened after China stopped accepting the world’s plastic waste in 2018 — and the findings are grim.Rather than slowing exports, several wealthy countries appear to have redirected their trash to Indonesia, where researchers said the air grew more dangerous to breathe, reported Phys.org.The research was led by Ellen Considine of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.Using satellite data, Considine and co-author Rachel Nethery of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health examined 356 Indonesian open dump sites before and after China’s ban.They found that average…
The city of Beijing has issued the outline of a plan to accelerate the city’s satellite internet industry development, proposing to build the capital city into China’s first satellite internet demonstration city by 2030, according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. According to the outline of the plan issued on Monday, Beijing will prioritize infrastructure construction, core technology breakthroughs, application scenario cultivation, industrial ecosystem building, regional collaboration, and international development to promote large-scale application of the satellite Internet of Things services. “We will build a supply-and-demand matching platform based on Beijing’s actual operational needs, so that…
ANI | Updated: Jun 07, 2026 02:04 IST Riga [Latvia], June 7(ANI/WAM): The United Arab Emirates, represented by the Ministry of Finance, participates in the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), hosted in the Latvian capital, Riga, from 5th to 7th June 2026.The meeting brought together senior officials, policymakers and representatives of international financial institutions from around the world. The UAE delegation was headed by Ali Abdullah Sharafi, Assistant Under-Secretary for International Financial Relations at the Ministry of Finance, accompanied by a team of ministry specialists.The UAE’s participation reflects its…
Nepal does not carry any old baggage against India and is determined to build a genuinely transformative relationship with its “close neighbor and most important partner,” said Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal as he met his counterpart S Jaishankar on Saturday, following another round of diplomatic strife over the border dispute.Welcoming Khanal, Jaishankar said earlier India’s clear message to the new Nepal government was of collaboration and cooperation as there’s an opportunity today to “decisively shift the trajectory of India-Nepal relations”.Significantly, neither side brought up the contentious border issue in their readouts, as Nepal said that the “productive” talks focused…