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    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Indian business & finance
      India’s Modi pushes business revival in troubled Kashmir

      Contested region has been pacified since New Delhi scrapped special constitutional status in 2019 crackdown

      Laborers work at the construction site of the smart city renovation project ahead of the G20 Tourism meeting in Srinagar
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      US opioid epidemic
      US takes aim at fentanyl with sanctions on China-based network

      Treasury’s move comes as Washington tries to combat flow of deadly opioid

      Plastic bags of fentanyl
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Indian politics & policy
      India tells Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff

      Rift between Ottawa and New Delhi deepens over murder of Canadian Sikh separatist

      A sign calling for an investigation into India’s role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Yen
      Japanese yen falls through key level of 150 to dollar

      Traders left confused as currency strengthens sharply after breaking through closely watched level

      Pedestrians cross a street in Tokyo
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Martin Wolf
      Can China overcome its demographic deficit?

      As things stand, a declining population is set to slow the growth of the economy

      James Ferguson illustration of five spectators in yellow jerseys standing and cheering on an otherwise empty sports stadium that has red seats - their configuration emulating the Chinese flag
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      World
      Sri Lanka’s US cavalry is here

      Too bad they didn’t bring any big guns

    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Singapore
      Singapore considers money-laundering checks for luxury cars and handbags

      Single family offices could also face stiffer rules as value of assets under investigation swells to $2bn

      The Merlion statue and financial district skyline in Singapore
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Asia-Pacific economy
      India and south Asia forecast to grow more quickly than other regions

      World Bank praises countries for strong fundamentals but says hitting development targets still ‘a long way to go’

      Gantries at an Indian port
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Disrupted Times
      World Bank turns pessimistic on Asia growth

      Also in this newsletter: Ukraine funding concerns, IMF calls for carbon taxes, Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ hits record high

      Food stall in Beijing
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael
      Netanyahu walks political tightrope at home in quest to normalise Saudi ties

      Prime minister’s allies and opponents raise concerns over terms of any deal, including concessions to Palestinians

      Montage of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Saudi Arabian flag
    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Trade Secrets
      A subsidy club to restrain rich-world handouts to China Premium content

      High-income countries giving out cash that gets spent on imported Chinese cars and solar panels is politically tricky

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    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
      Turkey
      Turkey detains 20 people linked to Kurdish militants over Ankara bombing

      Separatist group PKK claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide attack in Turkey’s capital

      Turkish police special forces and an armoured vehicle guard the area near the interior ministry
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Special Report
      Investing in Japan

      Prime minister Kishida says: reassess our economy; yen falls, inflation bites; equities offer ‘new opportunity’; Bank of Japan rates scrutinised; overseas property buyers keen to enter; population strain prompts pension action; art market surges

      Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at an event hosted by the Economic Club of New York
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Saudi Arabia
      Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects

      Preliminary budget statement pares growth forecast for this year to 0.03%

      An artist’s sketch of Neom
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Bangladesh
      Bangladesh pushes back at US over visa curbs ahead of election

      Washington says restrictions are targeted at politicians and others found to be undermining democratic process

      Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Georgia
      Georgia’s reluctance to move against Russian agent tests its allegiance to west

      Former chief prosecutor was put on a US sanctions list for doing Moscow’s bidding in the Caucasus nation

      Demonstrators in Tbilisi protest against the decision not to freeze the assets of Otar Partskhaladze
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      Currencies
      Afghan currency posts world-beating rally in third quarter

      Aid inflows and Taliban currency controls help afghani climb almost 10%

      Taliban members march in celebration in Kabul in August on the second anniversary of the fall of the Afghan capital to its fighters
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      HTSI
      Everyone’s going big for Indian miniatures

      With a slew of exhibitions and auctions, these tiny jewel-like paintings are now banking huge sums

      A hunting party, 18th century, £200,000-£300,000, Christie’s
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Pakistan
      Suicide bombers kill more than 50 people in Pakistan attacks

      Three separate bombings on Friday fuel security fears in crisis-hit nation

      Men in medical scrubs accompany a stretcher carrying a bomb victim
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Evergrande Real Estate Group
      ‘Crimes’ probe into Evergrande founder adds to pressure over $300bn debt woes

      Company embodies excesses of China’s property boom and its unravelling

      Hui Ka Yan
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      News in-depthLebanon
      ‘It’s cool to have money again’: wealthy Lebanese party out the crisis

      High-end hospitality bounces back from country’s economic crash

      People having a night out at Parasol, a club in Beirut
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      White collar crime
      ‘Princess of Uzbekistan’ indicted as crime syndicate boss

      Former dictator’s daughter and socialite Gulnara Karimova faces charges over organisation known as ‘the office’

      Gulnara Karimova applauds Russian singer Valeria in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Management consulting
      Bain hires former UK minister Gerry Grimstone for Saudi project

      Appointment comes after government lifted ban on consultancy tenders imposed over South Africa scandal

      Lord Gerry Grimstone was an unpaid minister for investment
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      News in-depthArmenia-Azerbaijan conflict
      Armenians ‘lose motherland’ in blow to Russia’s influence abroad

      Self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ceases to exist after Azerbaijan takes control of mountainous region

      A police officer guides the driver of a car
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Renewable energy
      US warns green transition raises ‘complex’ China security concerns

      Beijing is prepared to weaponise its control of mineral sectors vital to renewable power, says energy secretary Jennifer Granholm

      US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm
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