Commonwealth News

Heineken agrees to buy South Africa's Distell Group Holdings for $2.5 billion and a majority stake in Namibia Breweries Ltd to form a southern Africa drinks group worth $4.6 billion. The expansion is expected to restore profit margins and boost earnings. This...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame invites Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) summit during a call by Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan in Kigali. The two sides also...

A new study published in Nature Sustainability shows a cost-benefit analysis of combating desertification in the Sahel region where the average return for every dollar invested is $1.2, despite harsh climatic conditions. About $20 billion has been pledged globally to...

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to speak at the Bengaluru Tech Summit, one of the biggest technology summits of India. He said that as a part of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Australia is already cooperating on critical mineral, digital economy, cyber...

Women-centric healthcare technology is a booming market for start-ups in Singapore. Mr Rio Hoe and Ms Guadalupe Lazaro founder of Ease Healthcare have received seed funding of about $1.3 million, one of the largest femtech rounds in Southeast Asia. It is a...

Exxon’s Yellowtail development project marks the fourth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) to be deployed in Guyana. ExxonMobil has selected Dutch conglomerate SBM Offshore to construct, install and lease the FPSO after approvals for the next two...