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By Courtney Vien and Morning BrewMay 5, 2026
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CommentaryCan the ‘blue economy’ deliver on its promise? Investors are starting see the ocean as an asset worth protecting
By Natalie Sum Yue ChungMay 2, 2026
CommentaryAsia is being hammered by the Iran conflict’s economic fallout. The U.S. has the playbook to help—and every reason to
By Wendy Cutler and Jane MellsopMay 2, 2026
C-SuiteBlackstone’s Steve Schwarzman built a program to teach young leaders about China. It’s harder to get into than Harvard
By Shawn TullyMay 2, 2026
PoliticsThe Iran war has turned the world’s shipping straits into a chessboard—and the U.S. aims to box out China from the Panama Canal to the Malacca Strait
By Jordan BlumMay 2, 2026
PoliticsIranian supreme leader says the only place Americans belong in the Gulf is ‘at the bottom of its waters’
By Jon Gambrell, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressApril 30, 2026
AsiaGlobal investors are shrugging off Iran worries and returning to markets in Asia, the ‘backbone of the whole AI value chain’
By Angelica AngApril 30, 2026
EnvironmentIslamic finance aligns naturally with ESG, says Maybank’s first-ever chief sustainability officer
By Angelica AngApril 29, 2026
PoliticsA $500 million superyacht linked with Russia’s richest man was just able to pass through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz
By Sasha RogelbergApril 28, 2026
AsiaChina’s decision to block the $2 billion Meta-Manus deal shows how far Washington and Beijing are drifting apart over AI
By Nicholas GordonApril 28, 2026
PoliticsIran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz amid oil price surge, but Trump seems unlikely to accept
By Samy Magdy, Jon Gambrell, Elena Becatoros and The Associated PressApril 27, 2026
LawDaughter of former Uzbek president accused of masterminding $100 million crime ring known as ‘The Office’
By Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressApril 27, 2026
By Nicholas GordonApril 26, 2026
PoliticsIran’s foreign minister returns to Pakistan as Islamabad races to save U.S. ceasefire talks while Tehran seeks Hormuz toll with Oman
By Munir Ahmed, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman and The Associated PressApril 26, 2026
PoliticsTrump calls off sending Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan as Iran ceasefire talks fail before they even began. ‘Too much time wasted on traveling’
By Munir Ahmed, Samy Magdy, Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressApril 25, 2026
By Julius Cesar TrajanoApril 24, 2026
AsiaDeepSeek unveils its newest model at rock-bottom prices and with ‘full support’ from Huawei chips
By Nicholas GordonApril 24, 2026
AsiaHow Chris Ong helped Seatrium emerge from a messy merger between two shipyards to become a profitable offshore oil and wind giant
By Nicholas Gordon and Angelica AngApril 23, 2026
By Huizhong Wu, Kanis Leung and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026
EconomyThe Iran war is pushing Southeast Asia to debate the once unthinkable: Whether ships will need to pay to transit the Strait of Malacca
By Angelica AngApril 23, 2026
AsiaThe Strait of Hormuz chaos is just a ‘dry run’ for if war breaks out between the U.S. and China, Singapore foreign minister says
By Sasha RogelbergApril 22, 2026
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By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressApril 21, 2026
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By Nicholas GordonApril 21, 2026
AsiaHillhouse-backed Ascentium buys fellow business services firm Dezan Shira, as the platform tries to ride China’s surge in outbound investment
By Nicholas GordonApril 20, 2026
By Angelica AngApril 20, 2026
AIHumanoid robot runs faster than any person ever has in a half marathon during all-bot race in China
By The Associated PressApril 19, 2026
PoliticsTrump sends JD Vance to Pakistan again for more talks with Iran but repeats threats against its infrastructure as Hormuz stays closed
By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, Sam Metz and The Associated PressApril 19, 2026
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