BlackRock's India and Taiwan funds lost a combined $2.5 billion in March 2026 as geopolitical risk overwhelmed earnings, leaving the April bounce resting on a single Trump statement about the Middle East.
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Singapore, Australia, South Korea and China are testing opposite theories of land ownership—but all avoid the choice that would actually…
Five Middle Eastern countries dropped from Level 4 to Level 3 on 18 June 2026, but the downgrade runs only…
Bank Indonesia raised rates to 5.50% on June 9, but the rupiah…
Thailand's Cabinet approved a THB 176 billion (USD 5.39 billion) relief package,…
A threatened 18-day strike by the National Samsung Electronics Union, representing approximately…
Market-implied odds of a December Fed rate hike jumped from 9.1% to…
Quad foreign ministers from the United States, India, Japan, and Australia met…
The Meteorological Service Singapore forecasts an 80% probability of El Niño forming…
The US has frozen a USD 14 billion arms sale to Taiwan…
The ASEAN-China Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Center opened May 24, embedding Beijing's…
Southeast Asia's top destinations are shifting to managed tourism with new fees,…
As of February 12, 2026, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office…
Tuvalu will host its first-ever national cultural festival in the capital, Funafuti,…
When 647 public services went offline in September 2025 after a fire…
