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From ‘mail-order brides’ to ‘passport bros,’ the international dating industry often sells traditional gender roles

Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – something outdated, associated with lonely men and poor women who migrated from Eastern Europe, Asia or other places to meet their new…

The Conversation

From Miss Universe 2025, CMA Awards, To Physical: Asia Winner – Here Are Viral Shows Said To Have Been Rigged

Miss Universe 2025, the CMA Awards and Netflix's Physical: Asia face criticism as viewers and even insiders claim bias, conflicts of interest and lacking transparency.

International Business Times UK

The IPO market is being re-globalized as Asia’s markets embrace dual listings and corporate governance reform

Asian companies are increasingly exploring the possibility of listing in non-U.S. markets.

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Southeast Asia needs to ‘think bigger’ if it wants to compete at the same level as the world’s biggest companies

“Not one of our countries in ASEAN is big enough to produce a multibillion-dollar company,” said Asia Partners cofounder Nicholas Nash.

Fortune

Asian stocks track Wall Street's drop, erasing previous day's gains

Asian stocks have tracked Wall Street’s plunge in skittish trading, with the region’s major benchmarks erasing the previous day’s gains

The Independent UK

The CEO of Shangri-La Hotels explains the core of Asian hospitality: Not ‘silver candlesticks,’ but ‘warmth and attention to detail’

At the Fortune Innovation Forum, Shangri-La CEO Kuok Hui Kwong noted that most of their guests now come from Asia.

Fortune

AI may replace people in Southeast Asia’s scam complexes–and that could undercut the drive to stop them

Governments and other NGOs may withdraw from the fight against scam centers if their citizens are less at risk from human trafficking.

Fortune

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Who Is Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu In Physical: Asia? The MMA Fighter Who Takes Team Mongolia To Finals

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu persuades his team to use the battering ram's weight to close the drawbridge after noticing that their team is struggling to complete the Physical: Asia's Castle Conquest challenge.

International Business Times UK

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks

The Guardian - UK

'Physical: Asia' Dubbed A 'Scam,' 'Rigged' After South Korean Team Wins In The First Season

'Physical: Asia' just unveiled in the winner of Season 1, and not all fans are thrilled with the result.

International Business Times UK

Top 10 Miss Universe 2025 Favorites: From Turks and Caicos, Mexico and Venezuela These Contestants Are Taking Over Bangkok

The Miss Universe 2025 competition has officially gone global, and the spotlight is blazing hottest on ten contestants who have captured the world's attention from Latin America, Europe, Asia and the U.S. Here are the favorites.

Latin Times

FTSE 100 Live 18 November: Markets under pressure, Imperial strong run continues

Stock markets are under pressure amid ongoing jitters over Wall Street AI valuations.

Evening Standard

12,000-year-old figurine of goose mating with naked woman discovered in Israel

A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.

LiveScience

A gulf separating Africa and Asia is still pulling apart — 5 million years after scientists thought it had stopped

The Arabian and African tectonic plates failed to pull apart 28 million years ago at the Gulf of Suez, but the area hasn't stopped rifting.

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Benzinga

Barrick's Breakup Rumors, North America Versus The World

Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B), one of the world's largest gold producers, is allegedly weighing a potential breakup of the company. The split would create two companies — one centered on North America and another housing operations across Africa and Asia.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live 17 November: Asia tensions hit Burberry shares, Budget rumours warning

The FTSE 100 index is steady at the start of a big week of economic and corporate updates.

The Independent UK

Asian shares are mostly lower after US stocks stumble

Shares are mostly lower in Asia while U.S. futures have advanced after Wall Street's lackluster finish to last week

Fortune

Visa leans into AI-enabled payments and stablecoins to stay ahead of the game, says Asia-Pacific president Stephen Karpin

One thing missing from current chatbots is "the ability to make payment via an agent,” said Asia-Pacific president Stephen Karpin.

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The Independent UK

Protesters in Pikachu costumes demand Japan end fossil fuel financing at UN climate conference

Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference Friday to send Japan a message: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and elsewhere

International Business Times UK

Meet Physical: Asia's Lkhagva-Ochir: The Long-Haired 'Vampire Prince' of Team Mongolia Fans Can't Stop Talking About

Elite athletes from eight Asian nations, including Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand have joined Physical: Asia this season.

International Business Times UK

Hilarious Korea Vs Mongolia Viral Video Shows Orkhonbayar's 'Chill' Leadership in Physical: Asia

Physical: Asia viewers noticed the difference in leadership between the Korean and Mongolian team captains and captured it in this hilarious video.

International Business Times

Shutdown Over And Markets Breathe Again But Asia's Relief Rally Still Has One Eye On The Fed

The end of the U.S. government shutdown lifts global sentiment, but Asian markets remain wary as investors look ahead to economic data and the Federal Reserve's next move.

The Conversation

COP30: Zimbabwe’s forest and energy projects reveal the downside of carbon credits

Carbon offsets are a way for companies or countries that pollute the air to “cancel out” some of their carbon emissions by funding projects that protect forests, plant trees, or provide clean energy – sometimes on the other side of the world. Polluting companies in the US, Europe, Asia or…

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These 17 Asian Stereotypes Have No Place In The Modern World

Challenge outdated stereotypes about Asian Americans. These harmful portrayals of Asian people, from "foreigner" to more, must end in the US.

The Guardian - UK

How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race

As Asia’s allocation has doubled for the next World Cup many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualification

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