Alex Travelli

5 days ago | portside.org | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained Published May 9, 2025 It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a month ago, as a new government was still working to steady Bangladesh’s economy, came the devastating news that the United States was placing a new 37 percent charge on the country’s goods.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Alex Travelli |Hari Kumar |Suhasini Raj

No one has a clear idea about how far the new fight with Pakistan might lead - into their country, or even into their own homes. The worry is running deep in the parts of Kashmir and the rest of India that are in range of Pakistani weapons - and beyond them, too. The India-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir has been under artillery bombardment by Pakistan since earlier this week.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Alex Travelli

1 hour agoShaw Theatres to take over Cathay cinema at Jem shopping mallJem landlord LReit is recovering $4.3m in rental arrears from Cathay Cineplexes operator mm2 Asia. 2 hours agoCNN Anchor Baffled After Pakistan's Defence Minister Cites Social Media As Proof Of Downing IAF JetsPakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif embarrassed his country again before the world when he cited social media videos as evidence about his army downing five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on Wednesday.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Alex Travelli

The nuclear-armed rivals are also wrangling over Pakistan's access to desperately needed foreign aid, as India explores ways to use its soft power and relationships to bedevil its old enemy. Even as India was gearing up to use its military to strike at Pakistan this week, calling it revenge for a terrorist strike in Kashmir last month, the government was pursuing other forms of power projection as well: bloodless and more refined, and mostly aimed at Pakistan's economic vulnerability.

1 week ago | telegraphindia.com | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war Alex Travelli, Saif Hasnat Published 06.05.25, 09:55 PM Shein packages in a factory in the garment district in Guangzhou, China, May 2, 2025. Exports have powered China’s growth, with Shein buying 100,000 pieces a month from some suppliers PTI It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh.