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Thailand is betting $5.4 billion on U.S. gas to dodge the Middle East

Sri Lanka’s fuel relief is really a hostage to Brent crude

India raises export insurance to keep Gulf trade flowing

Oil reserves capped the spike. Now the world faces the bill.

India’s biggest cities launched more homes as buyers disappeared

A $150 shipping surcharge just hit Pacific Island economies where it hurts most

Asian brokers stopped chasing big deposits. Activity is the new scorecard.

Petronas Chemicals loses its Middle East tailwind as Hormuz reopens

Southeast Asia is locking itself into Chinese EVs

China just became the world’s oil price setter

Gold’s $1,000 bet now rests entirely on the Federal Reserve

China just locked Central Asia’s uranium and copper supply

Nvidia’s US$5 trillion peak exposed the AI bet’s broken math

America’s cooking gas is now feeding India’s kitchens

Asia’s biggest ETFs bled $2.5 billion before the rebound

China’s yuan push hits a wall: control beats convertibility

Australia’s wine bet on Southeast Asia, not just China

India’s fuel firms swallowed $2.6 billion to shield kitchens from conflict

Chinese EV makers just claimed 17.6 percent of Indonesia’s car market

Franklin Templeton just put $1.6 trillion on a blockchain

American whiskey exports to Japan collapsed. Now the US is chasing East Asia.

Malaysia’s mall boom is really a bet on apartments next door

India props up South Asia while smaller economies absorb the oil shock

Malaysia’s currency is being priced by Tehran, not Kuala Lumpur

Indonesia’s fuel subsidy math is already broken

Indonesia’s rate hike can’t fix what politics just broke

Kazakhstan’s oil buyers want more. Its pipes say no.

Asian households are turning to unregulated AI for money advice

Hong Kong just bet $1.65 billion on Central Asia. The real trade is zero.

Middle East airlines face $4.3 billion loss as war closes skies

Seoul’s AI boom just erased six months of gains in one day

Airlines are full and still losing money fast

Airlines’ razor-thin margins face collapse from Middle East war and fuel costs

India’s cooking gas subsidy hits a breaking point as war drives import costs up

Hong Kong is quietly becoming Central Asia’s privatisation banker

India’s strong quarter masks a weaker year ahead

India’s central bank chose geopolitics over growth forecasts

Indonesia’s rupiah hits 28-year low. The president says it doesn’t matter.

Iran tensions just repriced the entire US stock market

Indonesia’s central bank is now funding the government’s spending

Oil surges as missiles split the market in two

New Zealand’s young are leaving for Australian wages they cannot match

Blackstone just raised a quarter of Asia’s entire PE market

Japan’s banana shortage reveals a hidden energy crisis

China built a $2 trillion megacity. It cannot build the trust inside it.

East Asia’s families are ditching apartments for stock portfolios

Japanese and Singaporean capital just bet $750m on Sydney warehouses

Indonesia’s nickel boom is actually Beijing’s supply chain

South Korea’s stock market surges 45% while economy weakens under Middle East pressure

Pfizer’s $10 billion China biotech deal exposes U.S. policy gap on investment screening

Karnataka’s fuel tax revenue trap blocks relief for transport operators facing West Asia price surge

Taiwan and South Korea’s chip boom masks dangerous export concentration risk

Foreign investors pull record USD 36 billion from Indian equities as valuations gap widens

Moody’s warns Indian banks most exposed to Strait of Hormuz oil disruption

Sri Lanka’s 100-bp rate hike risks derailing fragile IMF-backed recovery

Asian bond selloff deepens as oil prices and US rate bets drive yields to 7.4%

Saudi Arabia’s $24.7 billion oil revenue masks market share loss in Asia

China’s $620 billion US debt sale reshapes global reserve system, avoids market crash

Hormuz blockade drives Japan, South Korea naphtha prices to record highs, threatening plastics supply

South Korea’s Middle East crude imports fall 37% as US supply nears parity

Wan Hai Lines raises Asia freight rates by up to $200 per container, citing Red Sea costs

South Korean airlines face margin crisis as fuel surcharges double on key routes

Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low of 17,600, challenging central bank credibility

Thailand launches $5.39 billion relief package for 43 million citizens as inflation bites

Oil shock fractures Southeast Asia, hitting Philippines and Thailand hardest

Iran War Drives Asia Currencies to Extreme Bear Scenarios, Forcing Rate Hikes

Thailand becomes key Russian gateway to Southeast Asia, raising sanctions circumvention risk

Bhutan’s Sustainable Development Fee cut by 50% until 2027

Europe faces six-week jet fuel shortage, threatening UK summer flights to Spain and Portugal

UK airlines seek to suspend compensation rules as jet fuel crisis threatens summer flights

Asia-Pacific airlines cancel 1,100 flights, add $200 surcharges as jet fuel hits $200

Lufthansa grounds 27 aircraft due to fuel crisis, cutting short-haul flights through 2026

Canadians can visit China visa-free until December 2026

Lufthansa cuts 100 weekly domestic German flights from 2026, impacting 20-30% of regional options

Europe-Asia airfares jump 24% after Iran conflict closes airspace, rerouting flights