JUST IN: Stablecoin legislation advances in the Senate in a major victory for the crypto industry after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k3W66c

Keep it simple and play the long game. Experts share strategies on where to invest in India as Trump tariffs rewrite the global trade rulebook. https://bloom.bg/3Scie1W

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Wealthy Americans hoping to take advantage of New Zealand’s golden visa program are hoping the government will soon relax a ban on house sales to foreigners, advisers say. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4krh5Q2

Oil jumped on a report that US intelligence suggests Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4mrtwx6

EXCLUSIVE: Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak met executives before the 2002 signing of a $1.2 billion submarine deal to prepare contracts designed to remunerate himself and others, French financial prosecutors alleged last year. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k7uYDg

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum was already grappling with a massive security crisis when two close aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were shot and killed in a targeted attack in the nation's capital. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4klKISE

🎙 Despite the global hype around China’s DeepSeek, very little is known about the man behind it – Liang Wenfeng.

Find out more about the founder who led the company to the frontline of AI advances on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called for the courtesy resignation of all his Cabinet secretaries in a push to “recalibrate” his administration following his slate’s underwhelming performance at last week’s Senate election. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43OChsL

Singapore’s government said it rejects attempts by foreign embassies in the city-state to “incite domestic reactions on international issues involving third countries.” Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3ZscAMU

A discount chain with signature red storefronts has drawn legions of Malaysians looking for good deals — and made its founder a billionaire. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45s0CXo

BREAKING: Two members of the Israeli Embassy’s staff were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k9g8MC

EXCLUSIVE: Xi Jinping is considering a new version of his Made in China plan to keep a firm grip on manufacturing, even as Trump pushes to revive US factories. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43Kf8IO

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Dalio won’t be an adviser to Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund Danantara, people familiar with the matter said, just two months after officials announced the billionaire’s involvement. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43DErLv

LATEST: SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket suffered a leak, tumbled out of control in space and exploded during a test flight, in a third straight major setback for the Elon Musk-led company. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3T07B2k

🎙 As Donald Trump tries to remake global trade, the dollar’s historic dominance in Asia is unwinding.

Find out what’s driving Asia’s de-dollarization and what it means for the region’s biggest economies on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

“The Sergey Brins of the world came as students and did wonders for the US economy.”

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan warned about the long-term risks to the US economy if politics eroded the pipeline of international students to American universities. Read here: https://bloom.bg/4kfKnBF

LATEST: The Trump administration is appealing a trade court ruling that blocked its global tariffs, deeming they are illegal. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3HhCPzK

Elon Musk says his time as a formal adviser to Trump is coming to an end, raising questions about the future of the DOGE effort he led. Read here: https://bloom.bg/4mCQfpV

Hong Kong bankers have become fixated on an $11 billion loan deal with unusually high stakes for the financial hub. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43BXUw2

Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump, is on course to win Poland’s presidential election, defeating the centrist mayor of Warsaw in a blow to the country’s pro-European Union government. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43Fv25Z