US distancing from Israeli Iran strikes signals strategic recalibration
Bursa Malaysia market outlook clouded by geopolitical and trade risk
Israel attack on Iran nuclear sites jolts regional capital posture
Meta AI image lawsuit targets consent violations in app promotion
Taiwan sea drones defense strategy signals asymmetric shift
India Air India crash 2025 signals renewed aviation risk exposure
Air India’s crash probe is more than a mechanical failure
Hong Kong stocks fall amid geopolitical tensions despite trade thaw
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Oracle AI rally lifts S&P 500, signals market’s shift toward real revenue stories
Air India bomb threat forces emergency landing in Phuket
An Air India flight bound for New Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing in Phuket today after a bomb threat was...
Middle East oil tensions 2025 could push crude toward $100
In the summer of 2025, oil markets are flashing a familiar but unsettling signal: triple-digit crude prices may be back on the table....
Apple’s AI bet on Siri isn’t about 2026—It’s about time
Apple has reportedly set an internal goal to release its long-promised Siri upgrade in spring 2026—specifically, through iOS 26.4. While that might sound...
Middle East oil supply risk keeps traders on edge despite brief price dip
Oil prices may have slipped on Thursday, but the market’s real posture remains anything but relaxed. Brent crude closed at US$69.36 a barrel,...
Malaysia stock market outlook stalls despite Wall Street gains
Bursa Malaysia’s quiet slide on Friday morning—despite a modest rally on Wall Street—suggests more than a passing divergence. The FBM KLCI dipped 8.10...
Is a pay cut worth it? What every job seeker needs to know
While tech layoffs and funding freezes dominate headlines in the West, a different signal is pulsing from fast-growing regions: skilled professionals are moving—for...
Why more Singaporeans are downgrading their integrated Shield Plans
Once a no-brainer for upwardly mobile professionals, private health insurance in Singapore is no longer the default decision it once was. For those...
What Gen Z investors should actually learn
If you’ve ever opened your investing app after a Trump speech or tariff tweet, you know the feeling: a sea of red, your...
How to support an empath child without dimming their light
Some children rearrange the emotional furniture of a room simply by being in it. They absorb the tension before words are spoken. They...
Why US defense chief's attack on China will not be well received in Southeast Asia
At this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered what was perhaps the most strident attack yet on “communist China,”...
Why do new tires have rubber hairs
You’re in the driveway, admiring your freshly installed tires. Smooth black rubber, perfectly grooved tread—and then, those strange wiry little spikes sticking out...
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How Europe might be Southeast Asia's safeguard against the US-China trade conflict
The European Union’s revived interest in Southeast Asian trade ties cannot be viewed as just another regional diplomacy gesture. At a time when...
Why team ownership clarity breaks down in early-stage startups
Most early startup teams aren’t short on ideas. They’re short on clarity. A founder shares a great direction in standup: “Let’s relaunch the...
The team didn’t quit—but they stopped caring
We built the team with care. Thoughtfully. Deliberately. No ego hires. No toxic velocity plays. Just people who believed in the problem as...
Trump Accounts savings plan could help families—but at what cost?
A new provision tucked into the Republican-backed “big beautiful bill” in Congress proposes a federal child savings program with a $1,000 head start...
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Questions to ask your insurance agent in Singapore
Singapore's insurance landscape hasn’t undergone a major legislative overhaul recently, but that doesn't mean nothing's changed. Over the past decade, the rise of...
What is reef-safe sunscreen and why it matters for ocean health
Every decision we make around personal care ripples outward—some choices more visibly than others. Sunscreen feels like a small, private ritual. You apply...
Israel military draft political crisis exposes capital and institutional fragility
Israel’s refusal on June 12 to advance a dissolution vote in the Knesset may have averted immediate elections—but it did little to mask...
Why is China biotech having a DeepSeek moment?
The 2025 surge of US licensing deals with Chinese biotech firms marks more than just a commercial pivot toward oncology innovation. It signals...
Trump’s unilateral tariff letters signal fractured trade diplomacy
President Trump’s plan to notify US trading partners via letter of new unilateral tariff rates—absent formal negotiations or WTO alignment—underscores a clear divergence...
Gaza aid convoy attack spotlights fragility of private humanitarian channels
This is not simply a security incident—it marks a deeper inflection in how sovereign-backed humanitarian delivery is politicized and exposed to capital risk....
Trump's trade pact demonstrates how important China's rare-earth metals are to US defense industry
The Trump administration’s draft accord with China isn’t about tariff theatrics. It’s a scramble to plug a widening breach in the US military-industrial...
Australian pension fund Wall Street shift signals global capital realignment
Australia’s superannuation system—once a bastion of domestic infrastructure and listed equities—has grown increasingly global. The recent tilt toward Wall Street is not merely...
Immigration raids in LA reveal policy failure on detention conditions
Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have triggered headlines for their scale, but the real signal lies in the administrative collapse that followed....
China-Singapore connectivity initiative signals regional capital realignment
The 10th anniversary of the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Connectivity Initiative (CCI) marks a quiet but consequential inflection in ASEAN-China economic integration. Far from being...
Malaysia trade framework signals policy rebalancing
The rally in Malaysian equities isn't simply a burst of investor optimism—it’s a response to a deeper signal in the capital environment. Market...
Hong Kong stocks dip on renewed US trade threats and interest rate uncertainty
The modest 0.5% dip in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index may read as a technical retracement, but the undercurrent—particularly the 1.1% drop in...