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Asia faces risks of economic spillover from Iran and AI disinformation

What is the sea drone that rescued US helicopter crew? Reuters

Congress has backed Iran war powers resolutions. Now what? Reuters

Gold falls over 2% on fading Middle East peace hopes Reuters

Indonesia has declared what amounts to an emergency over its embattled currency. The shock interest-rate increase this week has given the rupiah a short-term lift. Without a change in the underlying direction of government policy, it will be insufficient to revive confidence.

I hated taking exams. I’d cram and strategize and fret as I imagined trick questions, bizarre equations or scenarios in which obscure sections from my textbooks emerged as soul-wrecking conundrums. But I had it easy. My 1970s middle-school classmates and I in the Philippines had heard all about the

Iran strikes US bases in Gulf after Trump orders attacks near Hormuz Reuters

America must build—and use—leverage against Beijing.

Europe lost the plot on online speech.

Russia’s loss is NATO’s gain.