US President Donald Trump speaks at Wheeler High School, in Marietta, Georgia, on July 22, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. trading partners from Canberra to Brasília have rejected the forced-labor rationale behind President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs, while most signaled they would keep negotiating rather than retaliate. The Office of…
A customer visits a store at Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on January 23, 2025. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation came in at 1.6% in June, as higher oil prices start to spill over into the wider economy. This is the first rise in core inflation since March, and…
Firefighters drive past the smoke of a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries’ logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal outside Moscow on July 18, 2026. A Ukrainian drone attack on two logistics centres in Russia killed eight people and injured 24, officials said on July 18, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva | Afp | Getty…
Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) during a protest demanding the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET exam irregularities in New Delhi on July 20, 2026. Indian police fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters in New Delhi on July…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. On Saturday, Indian space-tech startup Skyroot successfully test-launched a low-orbit rocket carrying a payload of 350 kilograms, marking its entry into the global satellite…
Pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture advanced semiconductors in the U.S. is increasing costs and squeezing margins at TSMC, the world’s leading chipmaker. Following Trump’s return to power in 2025, the president has repeatedly threatened tariffs on companies that don’t make their products in America. Since then, TSMC has announced a total of $200…
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on researching the effects of psychedelic drugs in medical treatment for veterans, on Saturday, April 18, 2026 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump said generic drugs imported into the…
The NYK Venus container ship, operated by Nippon Yusen KK, moored at the Oi Container Terminal in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan exports in June grew at their fastest pace since November 2022, rising 19.3% from a year earlier, powered by shipments of semiconductor equipment and…
Debasish Mishra, managing director and chief executive officer of SBI Funds Management Ltd., at a news conference in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. SBI Funds Managements biggest investors are seeking to raise as much as 116.9 billion rupees ($1.22 billion) in what’s expected to be India’s first billion-dollar IPO of the year. Photographer:…
A Korea Exchange (KRX) employee monitors stock market data on computer screens in the Yeouido financial district of Seoul, South Korea, on May 11, 2026. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses after a sharp reversal, exposing…
