Analysts said the rebound was unlikely to signal a return to pre-war levels.

Beijing’s aggression and the US’ unpredictability have pushed Asian governments to create “a flexible web” of overlapping partnerships, logistics planning and intelligence sharing.

India’s government will likely quell the student-led Cockroach protests, but it will have a harder time suppressing the underlying frustration fueling them, prominent Indian commentators argued.

Pharma companies have acquired 37 biotech firms worth at least $1 billion this year, more than all of 2025.