AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoHealth Leadership: Malaysian physician Mary Suma Cardosa has become the first Asian president of the International Association for the Study of Pain. She says her term will focus on pain research, healthcare education and more equal access to care. Digital Infrastructure: DayOne and Singapore’s Sembcorp signed a non-binding deal to explore power and renewable-energy solutions for data centres across Asia-Pacific, as demand for energy-intensive computing grows. Civil Liberties: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years in prison over a 2024 road-closure incident. Human Rights Watch called for their release. Regional Cooperation: Türkiye’s Vision for the Turkic World prioritizes energy, transport links and food security, with Central Asia central to the plan. Pakistan’s Sindh province is also courting ASEAN investment in sectors including agriculture, energy and technology. Energy and Security: Asia’s LNG benchmark has topped $30 per million British thermal units as winter buying meets uncertainty over the Middle East conflict. A UN investigator says Myanmar’s junta is attacking civilians to spread terror, while arms purchases fuel the war.
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