“They’re leaping from diesel straight into high-speed rail without the in-between generations, the learning curve, so to speak” bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

“Do people feel ashamed when their car is broken into? Do they feel ashamed when their house is burgled? I think the answer’s no.” “Do people feel ashamed if they’re the victim of fraud? Often the answer is yes" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The “Dumpling Alliance” burst to life during Covid, a nifty description for an informal collective of Eastern European states supporting Taiwan. Just a few years later, it’s hard to find a mention of it anywhere bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The crackdown on scam compounds in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to beach resorts and office buildings in Sri Lanka, in what may be the next phase of one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

For two months, Thai fisherman Bunyut Chaosamut kept his boat at anchor at a port an hour’s drive south of Bangkok. The war in the Middle East had driven up fuel costs, making it too expensive to go out. Now, it’s become too expensive not to --> bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Hormuz crisis has provided a realistic preview of a potential Chinese blockade of Taiwan, a move that would throttle an economy anchored by the world’s most advanced and power-hungry semiconductor industry bloomberg.com/news/features/…

We went to Timor to see first hand how Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto's massive free meals program is going. There is good intent on the ground, but also major logistical challenges. No signs as yet it'll be that big economic multiplier for him --> bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Taking up boxing and Muay Thai has been wonderful but also lonely. I've lost count of the times I’ve walked into gyms to find myself the only woman, the last person anyone wants to pair with — the double whammy of being female and seemingly ancient bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A report from the ground in Phnom Penh: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Vietnam’s most powerful man To Lam is channeling Chinese President Xi Jinping as he seeks dual roles going into a crucial Communist Party Congress bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Activist Kannathat Pongpaibulwet, also known as “Kan the Super Power”, hired two sound trucks and open-air film crews to broadcast horrifying sound effects from Thai ghost movies and screen documentaries about Cambodian refugees near the border straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi…

Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025, “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The head of the independent committee says the decision on this year’s Nobel Peace Price was already made -- on Monday. He also indicated that the possible peace deal in the Middle East would only count toward next year’s award bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Listen in on Tuesday and ask questions! Russia appears to be stepping up hybrid attacks on Europe. Is Putin behind it all — and if so, what is his plan? I host a great in-house trio: Andrea Dudik, Andrea Palasciano and Anthony Halpin at 1pm London/8 am ET bloomberg.com/sessions/2025-…

A new version of the report was uploaded to the department’s website on Friday. It features more than a dozen deletions of nonexistent references and footnotes, a rewritten reference list, and corrections to multiple typos afr.com/companies/profession…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned top military commanders for an unusual meeting early next week, just before US government might shut down over a funding dispute between President Trump and congressional Democrats bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The son of Malaysia's billionaire king has sought buyers for what may be one of Singapore's biggest-ever real estate deals bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A Reuters investigation shows the humanitarian crisis in a community the US created in the 1950s and whose labor it depends on to run a military base. The harsh living conditions on Ebeye in the Marshall Islands could create an opening for China reuters.com/investigations/t…

“We had, at least for about 39 seconds, we had excellent chemistry” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump's combative UN address was emblematic of a president whose second-term policies have been bigger and more aggressive. Yet world leaders, deploying what’s become a template strategy for managing the president, largely ignored most of his speech bloomberg.com/news/articles/…