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China trader who made $3 billion on gold bets big against silver
By Alfred Cang, Jin Wu and BloombergFebruary 5, 2026
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North AmericaU.S. births dropped last year, offsetting 2024’s increase and dashing hopes for an upward trend
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after bipartisan backlash. The White House initially defended it, then blamed a staffer
By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
By Jeff John RobertsFebruary 6, 2026
InvestingDow soars by 1,200 points to top 50,000 for the first time as chipmakers and airlines lead ferocious stock market rebound
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2026
AIAnthropic’s newest model excels at finding security vulnerabilities—but raises fresh cybersecurity risks
By Beatrice NolanFebruary 6, 2026
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EconomyIndonesia’s Danantara bets a new $6 billion SOE can save a textile industry from Trump tariffs and foreign competition
By Angelica AngFebruary 2, 2026
By Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani, Rajesh Roy and The Associated PressFebruary 2, 2026
EconomySingapore launches first space agency, joining a Southeast Asian race to tap a fast-growing space sector
By Angelica AngFebruary 2, 2026
EconomyThis ‘mutually assured destruction’ threat in the $7.3 trillion JGB market helps prevent Japan from triggering a debt crisis — for now
By Jason MaFebruary 1, 2026
By Nicholas GordonFebruary 1, 2026
EconomyChina’s export-led growth is looking more and more unsustainable while a real estate crash and reeling consumers fuel deflationary spiral
By Jason MaFebruary 1, 2026
EconomyBRICS could become a new pillar of global governance—if its rapid growth doesn’t erode its newfound clout
By Brian WongJanuary 31, 2026
AsiaTrump’s Greenland play comes with Russia and China running circles around the US in the Arctic as expert sees ‘big game of catch-up’
By Tristan BoveJanuary 30, 2026
By Prima Wirayani, Abhishek Vishnoi and BloombergJanuary 30, 2026
EnvironmentAsia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters
By Angelica AngJanuary 29, 2026
By The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2026
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EnvironmentAsia is the ‘next big frontier’ for sustainable aviation fuel as governments push green mandates
By Angelica AngJanuary 28, 2026
EconomyTrump threatens to hike tariffs on South Korea as national assembly has yet to approve last year’s trade deal
By Josh Boak, Hyung-Jin Kim and The Associated PressJanuary 26, 2026
InvestingThis Hong Kong billionaire invests 25% of his wealth in gold: ‘If you have the physical gold … nobody owes you anything’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 26, 2026
Asia‘It was very windy, so I was like, don’t fall off the spire’: American rock climber scales Taipei 101 skyscraper in just 90 minutes with no ropes
By Katie Tam and The Associated PressJanuary 26, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s National Defense Strategy declares ‘sharp shift,’ tells allies to take care of their own security
By Konstantin Toropin, Courtney Bonnell and The Associated PressJanuary 24, 2026
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AIAI drug startup Insilico Medicine launches an AI ‘gym’ to help models like GPT and Qwen be good at science
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 22, 2026
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By Angelica AngJanuary 19, 2026
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AsiaSingapore tries to give its flagging stock market a kickstart with a link to the NASDAQ, allowing firms to easily list in both places
By Angelica AngJanuary 16, 2026
AsiaTrump’s immigrant visa crackdown targets Southeast Asia’s Cambodia and Thailand, a decision experts find ‘puzzling’
By Angelica AngJanuary 15, 2026
AsiaThe Philippines, ASEAN’s new chair, starts 2026 on a ‘weaker footing’ after trade tensions and a $2 billion corruption scandal
By Angelica AngJanuary 14, 2026
By Angelica AngJanuary 13, 2026
AsiaAscend Money wants to finance the 10 million-plus Thais currently being ignored by traditional banks stuck in the past
By Nicholas GordonJanuary 13, 2026
By Eileen Ng, Edna Tarigan and The Associated PressJanuary 12, 2026
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