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DAP's national chairman has challenged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to intensify both institutional and economic reforms, signalling growing pressure within the unity government coalition as it approaches the midway point of its term.
Zhu Rongji, the Chinese premier who orchestrated major economic restructuring and helped secure China's WTO membership, has died at 98 in Beijing following an unspecified illness.
Singapore's Parliament has affirmed an amended Workers' Party motion on the nation's economic future, with the ruling PAP proposing four changes before passage. The debate centred on whether the existing model driven by foreign multinationals adequately supports local enterprises and workers.
Cuba's national power grid collapsed on Sunday, plunging the Caribbean nation into darkness for the first time this August. The blackout is the latest in a series of crises affecting the island's deteriorating energy infrastructure.
Malaysia's fiscal deficit has contracted for five consecutive years, falling to 3.7 per cent of GDP in 2025 from 4.1 per cent in 2024, Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong announced. Government borrowing has also declined significantly.
Malaysia's recent US$1.5 billion sukuk issuance drew exceptional investor demand at record-low spreads, reflecting confidence in the nation's economic fundamentals and reform agenda, BNM Governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said.
Andy Burnham became UK Prime Minister on Monday, removing senior figures loyal to his predecessor while pledging a 10-year economic plan to address living costs and steering policy leftward.