Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (June 20, 2026).

The dry season is expected to intensify due to El Nino conditions. The peak of drought in Indonesia is predicted to occur in August-September.

Azul's free JVM Vulnerability Risk Assessment tool finds the blind spot that cyber-attacks using autonomous AI are exploiting ...

The prolonged dry conditions have already caused clean water shortages across parts of Java. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Ontong Java Plateau in the western Pacific Ocean is the largest oceanic plateau on Earth, and its formation mechanism has not been well understood.

Earlier this year, Thomas Christian Owens decided to try his hand at prediction market trading for the first time. He created a Kalshi account in January. Three months and a $500 deposit later, he ...

A proposal for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on regulating prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket is under review by the White House, a filing shows. Tuesday's filing came on the ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed the nation's first law banning prediction market sites from operating in the state, and in response, the Trump administration has sued, teeing up a legal battle over ...

A dangerous, unregulated form of gambling that allows for degenerate betting on real events, unfettered by the economic and legal rules that keep stock markets and sports betting in check, creating an ...

When Troy Dixon first suggested incorporating prediction markets into the electronic trading platform where he works, he was met with incredulity. “People told us we were crazy,” Dixon, Tradeweb’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nathan Goldman is a tax prof. at NC State Univ. Generally speaking, in 32 states and Washington D.C., an individual can open up a ...