Brunei-Indonesia Healthcare Ties: Brunei and Indonesia signed an MoU to deepen health cooperation, covering primary care, health services, resilience, financing, workforce and health technology. Visit Brunei Year 2027: The campaign’s official branding was unveiled, including the logo and mascots “Awang” and “Dayang”, as a whole-of-nation push to boost tourism and diversification. Regional Energy Planning: A new analysis flags that ASEAN’s subsea power cable ambitions need stronger governance, cost-sharing and coordination to scale interconnectors by 2040. Sabah Tourism & Creative Economy: Sabah’s Sabah National Tabletop Con 2.0 doubled in size, drawing vendors and creators from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, with gaming pitched as niche tourism. ASEAN-Russia Summit: Leaders at the Russia-ASEAN summit in Kazan backed expanded cooperation on energy, nuclear collaboration and trade, including moves toward national-currency transactions. India-US Trade Talks: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and India’s Piyush Goyal begin talks on the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement, with tariff timelines looming. Local Human Story: In Miri, an MP stepped in to help a father of four after his wife’s death from stage-four breast cancer, aiming to support his family’s livelihood.