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Fuel rationing in a time of war: How Asia is managing scarcity

Fuel rationing in a time of war: How Asia is managing scarcity

A patchwork of radical conservation measures are fundamentally reshaping daily life in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, India, Japan, and other Asian countries, fusing 1970s-style...

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks to Reuters during an interview at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore on 23 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

'Entire global economy taken hostage': Singapore FM warns Asia faces crisis from Mideast disruption

Airline ticket prices soar on Asia-Europe routes after Gulf airport closures

Airline ticket prices soar on Asia-Europe routes after Gulf airport closures

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung walk into the Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara prefecture, Japan. 14 January 2026. Photo: Reuters

Takaichi and Lee end first day of summit on a high note with drum session

India nationals, believed to have worked at scam center in Myanmar, board a plane at Thailand's Mae Sot International Airport in Tak, before being sent back to India 6 November, 2025. Photo: UNB/AP /Sarot Meksophawannakul

The forces keeping Southeast Asia’s scam industry alive

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2.7b relieved from extreme water insecurity, but gains now at risk: ADB report

Representational Image. The interior of a Pony.ai Robotaxi is pictured at the booth of the Chinese autonomous driving startup, during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China, April 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

China's next wave: Autonomous vehicles to new drugs

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Rare earths, soybeans and Trump’s twin missions for trade and peace

Gantry cranes are seen at Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, China, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

IMF urges Asia to cut trade barriers to beat US tariffs

File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

New Nepal PM vows to end corruption, says will serve only six months in office

An employee measures a newly manufactured ball mill machine at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China June 28, 2019. Photo: REUTERS

Asia's factory activity worsens as US trade uncertainty bites

Soldiers salute as Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visits the Ranger Company 1202 on a Thailand-Cambodia border town of Aranyaprathet district in Thailand, June 26, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Thailand F-16 jet bombs Cambodian targets as border clash escalates

File Photo: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS

Israeli strike on Iran sparks LNG supply concerns in Asia: S&P Global