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– Southeast Asia needs $7.1 trillion in infrastructure investment through 2040 to support growth, strengthen energy security and build connected, resilient economies, the Asian Development Bank said. The estimate comes from a new report, The $7 Trillion Challenge: Building Tomorrow’s

– Ghana’s parliamentary Minority has challenged the government to show how it will raise the US$10 billion needed for its New Economy programme. The caucus wants a full financing plan published before the 2027 Budget is presented. Dr Mohammed Amin

– Samsung Electronics is set to become the first South Korean company to hold more than 200 trillion won ($146.6 billion) in cash assets, lifted by an AI-driven chip supercycle. Its cash and short-term financial assets are estimated at 214.8

– The General Agreement for the GCC Railway Project was signed in Bahrain on Sunday, on the sidelines of the 31st meeting of the GCC Ministerial Committee on Transport and Communications. The signing was attended by Prince Salman bin Hamad

– Global food prices declined in October, though they remained 5.9% higher than a year earlier, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the

– Egypt’s net international reserves rose to a record $57.5 billion at the end of October 2026, up $151.6 million from September, according to data released by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). Reserves stood at $57.4998 billion at the