Mongolia–ADB Funding Push: Mongolia signed Asian Development Bank loan agreements to back education and health upgrades, including new schools and kindergartens plus modernization of aimag hospitals and remote health centers. Cashmere Sector Support: The government provided MNT 440 billion in working-capital loans to cashmere firms, helping manufacturers secure more raw material and boosting exports as raw cashmere prices reportedly jumped fourfold. Mongolia–Kazakhstan Trade & Industry: Deputy PM Nomtoibayar met Kazakhstan’s agriculture minister to discuss crude oil supply, shorter transport routes via Russia/China, and a major western Mongolia meat-processing plant for halal markets; the two sides also advanced a roadmap targeting USD 500 million trade by 2025–2027. Regional Connectivity Forum: Mongolia participated in a CAREC ministerial conference in Ulaanbaatar with an energy investment forum focused on clean energy, transport, logistics, and critical minerals. Mining & Trading Watch: Rio Tinto is reportedly expanding its Singapore metals trading desk to handle third-party output and derivatives—an angle that matters for Mongolia-linked supply chains and offtake structures. Public Health Alert: Russia’s Irkutsk region placed nearly 200 people under observation after a lab worker’s death from suspected plague, with concerns noted about possible links to areas near Mongolia.