This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a view of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows aview of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a view of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a view of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a view of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a view of the Silema district from la Valletta in Malta. Malta's construction boom, with production up 330% since 2000, has transformed the island into a vast construction site. Cement and concrete blocks have largely replaced traditional limestone, leading to extensive land use and heated public debate. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)

Asia markets index of Japan, South Korea and Australia is seen on a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)