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LATEST: President Trump said the US will send Ukraine more Patriot missiles, which Kyiv has said it needs to protect itself from Russian airstrikes. Read here: https://bloom.bg/44MsL9U

🎙 Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister, turned 100 this week.

Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain asked the former leader about aging, US tariffs and Beijing's tactics in the South China Sea.

Listen to interview on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Meta has made unusually high compensation offers to new members of its "superintelligence" team — including a more than $200 million package for a former Apple distinguished engineer.

Apple didn’t try to match the offer, as it far exceeds pay at the company for leaders other than CEO Tim Cook. More here: https://bloom.bg/4ktU7HG

📷: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Singapore students face intense interviews and grueling workloads just to join campus finance clubs —all in the hope of securing increasingly scarce banking jobs. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3GrxCoT

📷: Shannon Chong

NEW: Thailand is known for its scenic beaches, Buddhist temples, and vibrant nightlife.

However, it also serves as a cautionary tale of a society where democratic institutions crumble, leaving oligarchs to fight it out. Read The Big Take: https://bloom.bg/4lkOjBm

📷: Seksan Rochanametakul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

🎙 A Bloomberg investigation shows China is building data centers in the remote Xinjiang region to fuel its AI ambitions — and looking to buy 115,000 Nvidia chips banned by the US to power them.

Listen to the Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

🎙 LIVE NOW: Trump issued new tariff rates, but said he was still open to negotiations.

Who's most impacted and what's next? Ask Bloomberg experts in a Live Q&A happening now: https://bloom.bg/4eIFMpE

🚨LIVE NOW: Xiaomi built an EV, Apple couldn't. How? Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers, Linda Lew, Katrina Nicholas and Vlad Savov answer your questions on the strategy and what this means for global players like Tesla in a Live Q&A. https://bloom.bg/4lDM5Np

NEW: India's high-frequency trading bonanza saw global firms make outsized profits for years. But the authorities' crackdown on Jane Street suggests the windfall may be coming to an end.

Read The Big Take: https://bloom.bg/3Ttg2DP

📷: Elke Scholiers/Bloomberg

Russia unleashed a massive drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, hours after US President Donald Trump expressed frustration at failing to make any progress toward ending the war during a call with Vladimir Putin. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3IcJSKr

Bill Ackman is trying to make tennis history.

The 59-year-old billionaire investor said he could become the oldest player to receive official ATP ranking points with a win at the Hall of Fame Open next week in Newport, Rhode Island. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4eQLZQt

📷: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Human waste, empty oxygen cylinders and kitchen leftovers.

Here's how drones are helping clean the world's highest garbage dump — where Sherpas used to carry kilos of trash down Everest by foot: https://bloom.bg/4lepg34

BREAKING: Siemens says the US has lifted export restrictions on chip design software for China. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4koHCx9

🎙 President Trump's ongoing trade war has created significant turmoil for American businesses with ties to China.

On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast: How one toymaker is fighting back: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

The third season of Netflix’s blockbuster series Squid Game racked up record viewership in its first three days, reinforcing the Korean survival drama’s status as a global cultural phenomenon.

See the numbers here: https://bloom.bg/4ly5YoS

📷: Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Netflix

Nomura fired one of its elite bond traders after accusing him of spoofing, leaving him working alone in a smoky cafe in Tokyo.

So he decided to use what he calls “toilet graffiti” to tell the world his side of the story https://bloom.bg/4nuHFde

📷: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg

Binance, the world's largest digital-assets exchange, will keep hundreds of its remote workers in Singapore despite a crackdown on unlicensed crypto outfits in the city-state. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3TgBZG9

Qantas expects that a “significant” amount of customer data was stolen by a cyberattack targeting one of its contact centers. Read here: https://bloom.bg/4ez35lB

Thailand’s Constitutional Court temporarily suspends Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office until it rules on a petition seeking her ouster for alleged ethical violations — the biggest blow yet to her less-than one-year-old government. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3I1amhZ

📷: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg

Microsoft's top sales executive is planning to take a two-month sabbatical as the company plans a wave of layoffs targeting his organization. Read here: https://bloom.bg/4nHz6My

📷: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg