Trump’s Hormuz Blockade: The High-Stakes Gamble That Could Ignite a Global Energy Crisis When Truth Social Became the Most Consequential Feed on Earth It arrived, as so many seismic shifts in American foreign policy now do, not in a Rose Garden address or a carefully choreographed Oval Office…

Why the World’s Biggest TikTok Star’s $975 Million Business Deal Is Suddenly Falling Apart There is a particular kind of silence that Khaby Lame has perfected over five years of internet stardom. In his trademark videos, he watches someone perform an absurdly overcomplicated task—a twelve-step…

Why the World’s Biggest TikTok Star’s $975 Million Business Deal Is Suddenly Falling Apart There is a particular kind of silence that Khaby Lame has perfected over five years of internet stardom. In his trademark videos, he watches someone perform an absurdly overcomplicated task—a twelve-step…

Why a 5G Network Is Mission Critical for Every Business in 2026 — And Why Most Leaders Still Don’t Get It Imagine a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital, somewhere between a parking structure and a patient room, receiving a high-resolution echocardiogram on her tablet in real time.…

Why a 5G Network Is Mission Critical for Every Business in 2026 — And Why Most Leaders Still Don’t Get It Imagine a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital, somewhere between a parking structure and a patient room, receiving a high-resolution echocardiogram on her tablet in real time.…

The HR Pros Turning Workplace Horror Stories Into Startup Success: How the Hosts of ‘HR Besties’ Weaponized Candor, Outmaneuvered SHRM, and Built a Media Empire They mocked bad leadership on air, survived a gag-order attempt from the century-old HR establishment, and turned podcast banter into…

The HR Pros Turning Workplace Horror Stories Into Startup Success: How the Hosts of ‘HR Besties’ Weaponized Candor, Outmaneuvered SHRM, and Built a Media Empire They mocked bad leadership on air, survived a gag-order attempt from the century-old HR establishment, and turned podcast banter into…

Pathirana’s NOC Is KKR’s SOS Flare — And Cricket’s Canary in the Coal Mine The three-time IPL champions are anchored to the bottom of the 2026 standings. One slinger from Kandy could be all that stands between them and the abyss. A Piece of Paper Worth More Than Most IPL Contracts Breaking on…

Pathirana’s NOC Is KKR’s SOS Flare — And Cricket’s Canary in the Coal Mine The three-time IPL champions are anchored to the bottom of the 2026 standings. One slinger from Kandy could be all that stands between them and the abyss. A Piece of Paper Worth More Than Most IPL Contracts Breaking on…

Hassan and Irfan’s Nerve: How Hyderabad Kingsmen Scripted History in Pakistan’s First All-Sindh PSL Derby KARACHI — In the deep end of a debut season that had offered only humiliation, when the chase of 189 demanded 50 runs from the last five overs and the middle order had crumbled into the abyss,…

Pakistan’s Diplomatic Gambit: How Islamabad Became the World’s Most Important Address The first direct US-Iran talks in 47 years happened on Pakistani soil. That fact alone rewrites the diplomatic map — deal or no deal. When Air Force Two touched down at Islamabad's Nur Khan Airbase on the…

Pakistan’s Diplomatic Gambit: How Islamabad Became the World’s Most Important Address The first direct US-Iran talks in 47 years happened on Pakistani soil. That fact alone rewrites the diplomatic map — deal or no deal. When Air Force Two touched down at Islamabad's Nur Khan Airbase on the…

Vance’s ‘Final Offer’ in Islamabad: How the U.S.-Iran Talks Failed—and What It Means for the World By Nathaniel Cross, Senior International Affairs Analyst and Contributor to The New York Times, Forbes, and Foreign Affairs. The sun was already rising over the Margalla Hills when JD Vance walked to…

Vance’s ‘Final Offer’ in Islamabad: How the U.S.-Iran Talks Failed—and What It Means for the World By Nathaniel Cross, Senior International Affairs Analyst and Contributor to The New York Times, Forbes, and Foreign Affairs. The sun was already rising over the Margalla Hills when JD Vance walked to…

Fuel Crisis Ignites E-Bike Revolution in Bangladesh: How Geopolitical Shock Is Reshaping Dhaka’s Streets and the Future of Mobility Mohammad Emrul Kayes is not the kind of man who makes impulsive purchases. A Supreme Court lawyer with a polished practice in Dhaka and a car parked in his driveway,…

Fuel Crisis Ignites E-Bike Revolution in Bangladesh: How Geopolitical Shock Is Reshaping Dhaka’s Streets and the Future of Mobility Mohammad Emrul Kayes is not the kind of man who makes impulsive purchases. A Supreme Court lawyer with a polished practice in Dhaka and a car parked in his driveway,…

Bangladesh’s Bank Resolution Act 2026: Doors Re-Opened for Ex-Owners — Reform Reversal or Pragmatic Bailout? In April 2026, as Dhaka's political calendar accelerates toward general elections and the IMF watches every legislative move from Washington, Bangladesh's newly elected BNP-led parliament…

Bangladesh’s Bank Resolution Act 2026: Doors Re-Opened for Ex-Owners — Reform Reversal or Pragmatic Bailout? In April 2026, as Dhaka's political calendar accelerates toward general elections and the IMF watches every legislative move from Washington, Bangladesh's newly elected BNP-led parliament…

From 1MDB to ‘Corporate Mafia’: Malaysia’s New Governance Test A decade after 1MDB shook Malaysia, a new scandal targets the anti-graft agency itself. Are the rules still being applied fairly — or is the watchdog now the predator? The Gunman in the Restaurant On a June afternoon in 2023, Tai Boon…

From 1MDB to ‘Corporate Mafia’: Malaysia’s New Governance Test A decade after 1MDB shook Malaysia, a new scandal targets the anti-graft agency itself. Are the rules still being applied fairly — or is the watchdog now the predator? The Gunman in the Restaurant On a June afternoon in 2023, Tai Boon…

From 1MDB to ‘Corporate Mafia’: Malaysia’s New Governance Test A decade after 1MDB shook Malaysia, a new scandal targets the anti-graft agency itself. Are the rules still being applied fairly — or is the watchdog now the predator? The Gunman in the Restaurant On a June afternoon in 2023, Tai Boon…

Employment Rights Act 2026: The Day-One Revolution SMEs Can’t Ignore – What the April Changes Really Mean for Small Business The Employment Rights Act changes of April 2026 rewrote the rules overnight. From day-one SSP to the new Fair Work Agency, here's what UK SME owners must do now – and why…

Employment Rights Act 2026: The Day-One Revolution SMEs Can’t Ignore – What the April Changes Really Mean for Small Business The Employment Rights Act changes of April 2026 rewrote the rules overnight. From day-one SSP to the new Fair Work Agency, here's what UK SME owners must do now – and why…

EPIC World Championship 2026: Pickleball’s Singapore Moment Global brands including Coca-Cola & Stellantis back Singapore's first amateur pickleball world championship. Inside the EPIC 2026 phenomenon. The inaugural EPIC World Championship 2026 isn't just pickleball's coming-out party in Asia.…

EPIC World Championship 2026: Pickleball’s Singapore Moment Global brands including Coca-Cola & Stellantis back Singapore's first amateur pickleball world championship. Inside the EPIC 2026 phenomenon. The inaugural EPIC World Championship 2026 isn't just pickleball's coming-out party in Asia.…

Wall Street Banks Set to Report $40bn Trading Haul as the Iran War Rekindles Market Volatility Wall Street's biggest banks are tracking a $40bn Q1 2026 trading bonanza fueled by the Iran war's oil shock, VIX spike, and Hormuz chaos. Who profits — and who pays the price. Key Statistics at a Glance

Wall Street Banks Set to Report $40bn Trading Haul as the Iran War Rekindles Market Volatility Wall Street's biggest banks are tracking a $40bn Q1 2026 trading bonanza fueled by the Iran war's oil shock, VIX spike, and Hormuz chaos. Who profits — and who pays the price. Key Statistics at a Glance

Philippines Growth Cut: World Bank 3.7% Forecast 2026 The Quiet Tremor in a Dubai Apartment Picture a one-bedroom flat in the Deira district of Dubai, sometime in late March 2026. Maria, a 41-year-old Filipina nurse who has worked in the UAE for eleven years, sits on her bed scrolling through…

Philippines Growth Cut: World Bank 3.7% Forecast 2026 The Quiet Tremor in a Dubai Apartment Picture a one-bedroom flat in the Deira district of Dubai, sometime in late March 2026. Maria, a 41-year-old Filipina nurse who has worked in the UAE for eleven years, sits on her bed scrolling through…

Payments Infrastructure – Not Apps – Will Define South-east Asia Fintech’s Next Decade Four critical developments point to where payments in the region are heading next — and why the apps-first era is already history. The Curtain Falls on the App Era There is a story the fintech industry loves to…

Payments Infrastructure – Not Apps – Will Define South-east Asia Fintech’s Next Decade Four critical developments point to where payments in the region are heading next — and why the apps-first era is already history. The Curtain Falls on the App Era There is a story the fintech industry loves to…

The Permanent Scars of the 2026 Strait of Hormuz Crisis Ten million barrels a day offline. Qatar's LNG trains in ruins. Brent past $120. The ceasefire changes the headlines — it does not change the damage. The Middle East energy order as we knew it is not disrupted. It is broken. There is a…

The Permanent Scars of the 2026 Strait of Hormuz Crisis Ten million barrels a day offline. Qatar's LNG trains in ruins. Brent past $120. The ceasefire changes the headlines — it does not change the damage. The Middle East energy order as we knew it is not disrupted. It is broken. There is a…

The Weight of Islamabad: What JD Vance’s Iran Gamble Tells Us About America — and the World He boarded Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews on a Friday morning and, in doing so, stepped into history. JD Vance — Marine veteran, senator-turned-vice-president, self-declared skeptic of foreign…

The Weight of Islamabad: What JD Vance’s Iran Gamble Tells Us About America — and the World He boarded Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews on a Friday morning and, in doing so, stepped into history. JD Vance — Marine veteran, senator-turned-vice-president, self-declared skeptic of foreign…

How the UK’s Earned Settlement Model Will Reshape SME Hiring Plans in 2026 and Beyond There is a particular kind of policy that arrives dressed as housekeeping but lands like a structural shock. The UK Government's Earned Settlement consultation, which closed in February 2026 and is now moving…

How the UK’s Earned Settlement Model Will Reshape SME Hiring Plans in 2026 and Beyond There is a particular kind of policy that arrives dressed as housekeeping but lands like a structural shock. The UK Government's Earned Settlement consultation, which closed in February 2026 and is now moving…

US-Iran Talks in Pakistan Face a Hormuz Crisis That Won’t Wait The ink was barely dry on a fragile two-week truce when the world's most dangerous oil chokepoint stayed exactly as it was — shut. What happens in Islamabad this Saturday may decide whether the global economy recovers or slides into…

US-Iran Talks in Pakistan Face a Hormuz Crisis That Won’t Wait The ink was barely dry on a fragile two-week truce when the world's most dangerous oil chokepoint stayed exactly as it was — shut. What happens in Islamabad this Saturday may decide whether the global economy recovers or slides into…

The Man Who Shaped Washington’s View of the Middle East: Brett McGurk Advised Four Presidents — But to What End? On a Late-Night Stage, a Very Washington Reckoning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is not typically where American grand strategy goes to be interrogated. But on a Tuesday evening in…

The Man Who Shaped Washington’s View of the Middle East: Brett McGurk Advised Four Presidents — But to What End? On a Late-Night Stage, a Very Washington Reckoning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is not typically where American grand strategy goes to be interrogated. But on a Tuesday evening in…

A Wait in the Strait: Why Shipping Giants Are Still Frozen Despite the Hormuz Cease-Fire Shipping companies are reacting with extreme caution as Hormuz cease-fire terms remain uncertain. Here's why the Strait of Hormuz standstill of April 2026 will reshape global energy and trade for years.…

A Wait in the Strait: Why Shipping Giants Are Still Frozen Despite the Hormuz Cease-Fire Shipping companies are reacting with extreme caution as Hormuz cease-fire terms remain uncertain. Here's why the Strait of Hormuz standstill of April 2026 will reshape global energy and trade for years.…

OPINION|When the Treasury Panics, Listen: Anthropic’s Mythos and the AI Threat Hiding Inside Your Bank The most consequential financial-security meeting of 2026 happened Tuesday. Almost nobody was talking about it. There is a particular quality to urgency in Washington — a calibrated, deliberate…

OPINION|When the Treasury Panics, Listen: Anthropic’s Mythos and the AI Threat Hiding Inside Your Bank The most consequential financial-security meeting of 2026 happened Tuesday. Almost nobody was talking about it. There is a particular quality to urgency in Washington — a calibrated, deliberate…

OPINION|When the Treasury Panics, Listen: Anthropic’s Mythos and the AI Threat Hiding Inside Your Bank The most consequential financial-security meeting of 2026 happened Tuesday. Almost nobody was talking about it. There is a particular quality to urgency in Washington — a calibrated, deliberate…

Six Lessons for Investors on Pricing Disaster How once-unimaginable catastrophes become baseline assumptions There is a particular kind of hubris that infects markets in the long stretches between catastrophes. Volatility compresses. Risk premia decay. The insurance gets quietly cancelled because…

Six Lessons for Investors on Pricing Disaster How once-unimaginable catastrophes become baseline assumptions There is a particular kind of hubris that infects markets in the long stretches between catastrophes. Volatility compresses. Risk premia decay. The insurance gets quietly cancelled because…

How to Make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — And What Every Company Gets Regardless (Even If You Don’t Win) Applications close May 27, 2026. TechCrunch Disrupt runs October 13–15 in San Francisco. The clock is already ticking — and the smartest founders I know aren't waiting. Let me tell you about…

How to Make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — And What Every Company Gets Regardless (Even If You Don’t Win) Applications close May 27, 2026. TechCrunch Disrupt runs October 13–15 in San Francisco. The clock is already ticking — and the smartest founders I know aren't waiting. Let me tell you about…