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Hormuz traffic still blocked as Iran tries to formalize control

Just seven ships, all with some kind of prior link to Iran, were observed making the voyage out of the Persian Gulf on Wednesday and into Thursday morning.

By Alex Longley, Weilun Soon, Julian Lee and BloombergApril 9, 2026
Why a proposed merger to create Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate fell apart
Why a proposed merger to create Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate fell apart
By Angelica AngApril 9, 2026
Asian stocks rally after Trump’s Iran ceasefire and ‘immediate’ Hormuz opening—even as it remains unclear how open the strait actually is
Asian stocks rally after Trump’s Iran ceasefire and ‘immediate’ Hormuz opening—even as it remains unclear how open the strait actually is
By Angelica AngApril 8, 2026
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By Catherina GioinoApril 6, 2026
AMRO holds Asia’s 2026 growth forecast steady at 4%, but said it would have been higher if not for the Iran war
AMRO holds Asia’s 2026 growth forecast steady at 4%, but said it would have been higher if not for the Iran war
By Angelica AngApril 6, 2026
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China steps forward into world leadership role on Iran war, crisis as America looks on with disinterest
By Didi Tang, Farnoush Amiri, Matthew Lee and The Associated PressApril 4, 2026
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Huawei’s new Mate 70 phone shows its chip advances are stalling
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By Vlad Savov, Debby Wu and BloombergDecember 12, 2024
General Mills’ top designer refreshed the Pillsbury Doughboy and risked defying its No. 1 rule: ‘Don’t break the billion-dollar brand’
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The AI boom nets hundreds of Australian data center employees a $41,300 holiday bonus
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China’s Xi Jinping warns there will be ‘no winners’ in U.S. trade war with Beijing
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By Peter Catterall and AFPDecember 10, 2024
Nvidia slapped with a Chinese antitrust probe as Beijing collects ‘bargaining chips’ ahead of Trump’s return
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By Lionel LimDecember 10, 2024
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By Lionel LimDecember 10, 2024
China makeup mogul becomes billionaire on hot Hong Kong debut
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China signals bolder stimulus for next year as Trump returns
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BYD could near Honda and Ford in cars sold this year as EV giant looks set to surpass its 4 million sales target
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By Lionel LimDecember 9, 2024
Squid Game returns for a second season as creator decries South Korea’s ‘absurd circumstances’
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Jack Ma pushes AI drive in rare speech since Ant crackdown
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China’s rapid rollout of EVs has a downside: The cars all look the same
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Trump chooses former Senator David Perdue as his China ambassador ahead of a likely renewed trade war with Beijing
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South Korea’s president abandons martial law, opposition demands immediate resignation over ‘insurrection’
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South Korea’s president, describing opposition as ‘anti-state forces’, declares martial law
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The youth are ‘lifeless’: Economist’s speech goes viral in China
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By BloombergDecember 3, 2024
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