Briefing: Your Honda HR-V Can Finally Pull Off The Full Mugen Look
Strategic angle: The Japanese tuner offers plenty of options for the ZR-V in Japan, although power upgrades remain off the table.
Briefing: Subaru Still Builds A Manual 4WD Truck, But You Can’t Have It
Strategic angle: Subaru updates its Sambar kei truck with smarter collision detection and an optional 9-inch screen, starting from just $6,800 in Japan.
Briefing: These Harley-Davidsons Are The Brand's Most Affordable Bikes
Strategic angle: Competition with cheap Chinese bikes is heating up, and Harley-Davidson is getting ready to join that fray. Meanwhile, here are the least expensive Harleys.
Briefing: UK and Singapore press ahead with digital deal as WTO remains deadlocked
Strategic angle: Ministers are struggling to thrash out reforms at the global body that has been buffeted by Trump’s tariffs.
Briefing: How Chinese, Russian Arctic ambitions are fueling a U.S. polar icebreaker mission
Strategic angle: China and Russia have a big lead in efforts to control once impenetrable Arctic waters. The U.S. is spending billions on new icebreakers in a race to catch up.
Briefing: US senators to urge passage of defence bill in visit to Taiwan
Strategic angle: Trip by bipartisan lawmakers shows support in face of rising Chinese pressure
Briefing: Jim Farley Went Camping With Ford Owners In Australia And Made A Multibillion-Dollar Call
Strategic angle: Jim Farley drove 300 miles through Queensland, camped with Ranger owners, and returned with a multibillion-dollar decision for Ford's global lineup.
Briefing: India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive
Strategic angle: India-based Bellatrix Aerospace announced a significant funding round to enhance its satellite propulsion systems production.
Briefing: AMG Dropped Its V8. Sounds Like Genesis’ GV70 Magma Picked It Up
Strategic angle: A quad-exhaust GV70 Magma prototype filmed in South Korea sounds unmistakably like a V8 is under the hood.
Briefing: US rebuilding WWII Pacific airfields amid China threat
Strategic angle: Engineers are refurbishing 80-year-old airstrips on the islands of Tinian and Peleliu as a strategic rivalry in the Indo-Pacific continues to grow.
Briefing: Breaking recalcitrant lignin bonds with electricity for conversion into value-added chemicals: An e-biorefinery
Strategic angle: A research team led by Professor Jaehoon Kim has developed a highly efficient catalytic process for lignin conversion.
Briefing: Cyclone Narelle is now larger and 'more severe' as it crosses the Western Australian coast
Strategic angle: Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia.
Briefing: India: When floods come, survival is a roll of the dice
Strategic angle: Across India's flood-prone regions, marginalized communities are often hit the hardest by escalating climate-related disasters.
Briefing: Japan's giant caldera volcano is refilling 7,300 years later
Strategic angle: The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling, providing insights into giant caldera volcanoes.
Briefing: VW’s Chinese Full-Size SUV Took 2 Years To Create And Costs The Same As A RAV4
Strategic angle: A pair of electric motors combine to deliver 496 hp, making the ID. Unyx 08 quite a tempting proposition.
Briefing: India news: Government reduces special excise duties on petrol and diesel
Strategic angle: The Indian government has ordered a cut in its special excise duties for petrol and diesel amid the volatility in global crude prices from the Iran war.
Briefing: Japan: Tokyo sakura season begins with Ueno Park picnics
Strategic angle: Japan officially entered cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Thursday after the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed the first blooming of Somei Yoshino trees at Yasukuni Shrine.
Briefing: Piastri fastest as McLaren outpace Mercedes in Japan practice
Strategic angle: World champions McLaren outpaced early 2026 championship leaders Mercedes as Oscar Piastri topped the second Friday practice timesheet for the Japanese Grand Prix.
China reviews $2bn Manus sale to Meta as founders barred from leaving country
Deal scrutiny deepens over official fears of strategic tech flowing overseas
Briefing: Volkswagen Admits Defeat And Pulls Skoda From China
Strategic angle: The drastic decision is a consequence of collapsing sales.