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KLCI midday institutional flows hint at cautious capital reallocation
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) edged modestly higher by midday, lifted by selective buying in heavyweight counters. To casual observers, this may...
France's worst wildfire in decades has been tamed after sweeping across the wine region
France’s largest wildfire in decades tore through more than 160 square kilometers of the southern Aude region this week. It was a fast-moving...
China deflation impact on Hong Kong stocks adds strategic volatility
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.7% after four days of modest recovery—enough to raise eyebrows but not alarms. And yet, within the...
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UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Gaza in response to calls for more access
While most headlines on UNICEF’s recent delivery of lifesaving supplies to Gaza focus on the sheer urgency of medical and nutritional aid, the...
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Hamas draws Israel farther into Gaza
The latest escalation in Gaza, drawing Israel deeper into ground operations and expanding the scope of military engagement, is rapidly transforming from a...
Why online job postings mislead—and how to interpret them
While job postings may still look like straightforward invitations, they’ve long outgrown that function. What once served as a digital corkboard—posting role requirements,...
What you can do to reduce the expense of your morning coffee
The coffee market has long been romanticized through consumer rituals and café culture. Yet behind every cup lies a commodity chain that is...
Trump’s 50% tariff deepens US-India diplomatic rift
Donald Trump’s executive order to double tariffs on Indian exports—raising duties to 50% in response to India’s continued imports of Russian oil—marks more...
Apple iPhone manufacturing in India wasn’t tactical—it was model defense
When Apple shifted parts of iPhone assembly to India, most saw it as a reaction to tariffs or a PR-friendly move to de-risk...
Trump's 100% chip tax is a relief for Taiwan, but it's too soon to rest
Taiwan is not resisting change—it’s choosing where to lead. The latest US trade threat—a proposed 100% tariff on imported semiconductors—sounds blunt and binary....
Who suffers the most as a result of Trump's tariff policies?
Trump’s 2025 tariff regime does not merely revive a protectionist playbook—it imposes a structurally destabilizing shock on global capital flows, supply chain logic,...
How Trump-Putin dynamics redrew the strategic stakes in Ukraine
What appears as a political escalation is, in fact, a macro-capital inflection. Donald Trump’s evolving rhetoric on Ukraine — suggesting potential constraints or...
Chikungunya cases double in Singapore as authorities step up monitoring
Seventeen cases of chikungunya have been reported in Singapore as of August 2 this year—already surpassing the total count for all of 2024....
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Netanyahu claims he wants Israel to occupy Gaza as a whole
The Israeli Prime Minister’s stated intention to impose full military control over Gaza represents more than just battlefield ambition. At a systems level,...
Oil prices dip following news of Trump-Putin meeting
The news of a potential Trump-Putin meeting may have shaved a few dollars off global oil benchmarks—but what actually moved was strategic conviction....
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