Data Story
The numbers carry the story here. Charts and hard data drive the reporting, for readers who want the evidence laid out rather than just described.
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Jun- 2026 -29 JuneCapital
Oil reserves capped the spike. Now the world faces the bill.
Brent crude has eased to $72.60 per barrel after governments drained strategic stockpiles during the Iran conflict, but depleted reserves leave markets more exposed to the next shock through the…
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29 JuneCapital
India’s biggest cities launched more homes as buyers disappeared
Housing sales across India's top seven metros fell 6% year-on-year to 90,715 units in Q2 2026, while developers launched 106,000 new units, pushing unsold inventory to a record 616,000 units.
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29 JunePower
China wins the Gulf crisis without firing a shot
An unconfirmed US-Iran deal leaves the Strait of Hormuz unsettled, but Beijing's 65-day strategic oil reserve gives it an advantage no regional rival can match.
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29 JuneEarth
Philippines became solar’s top buyer by accident, not ambition
A median household now spends 12% of income on electricity, forcing families to buy Chinese panels to escape volatile grid prices set by global fuel markets.
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27 JuneTech & AI
India’s chip independence bet depends on a region it cannot control
Tata Electronics' $10.9 billion fab in Gujarat needs helium from Qatar and bromine from Israel—inputs now caught in West Asia shipping disruptions that could delay production by six to twelve…
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27 JuneTech & AI
China’s AI microdramas are already half the top shows
Forty to fifty percent of China's highest-ranked short dramas are now AI-generated or AI-assisted, according to Media Partners Asia, reshaping how platforms compete through volume rather than budget.
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25 JuneCapital
Petronas Chemicals loses its Middle East tailwind as Hormuz reopens
The Malaysian producer's 34% share price collapse in two weeks reflects the unwinding of a geopolitical premium that was never its own—analysts cut profit forecasts by 31% as petrochemical prices…
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25 JuneScience
East Asia’s biotech autonomy is already making drugs slower and costlier
The COINS Act, introduced June 21, 2026, will screen US biotech investments in China, forcing Western drugmakers to duplicate trials and manufacturing across rival blocs—a tax that eventually lands on…
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25 JuneCapital
Southeast Asia is locking itself into Chinese EVs
Laos banned petrol car imports through 2026, while Thailand and the Philippines cut tariffs to zero, creating a policy-built market that Chinese manufacturers are flooding with 448,000 vehicles monthly.
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24 JuneCapital
China just became the world’s oil price setter
By cutting imports three million barrels per day during the June 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis, Beijing deployed one billion barrels in reserves to prevent the price spike markets had…
