Bloomberg Jerome Powell’s upcoming Asia visit will test the Federal Reserve chief’s appetite for risk on a far different scale to the US economy. As Indonesia prepares to host the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group annual meeting on the island of Bali in October, authorities are planning for all sorts of potential natural disasters from earthquakes to tsunamis, ...

Bloomberg China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing issued a public letter of apology and said it would prioritise safety over growth after a second passenger in three months was allegedly murdered by a driver while using its services. “Today, Didi will stop using scale and growth as our measurement of success,” the company said in a statement from Chairman Cheng Wei ...

Bloomberg Mayalyn Magracia is one of millions of undocumented Filipinos. “Like an alien,” is how the housekeeper in Manila describes what she felt when she discovered she had no birth record. That was over a decade ago, when Magracia hoped to find work in a factory or restaurant. Having no birth certificate made it impossible to apply for a government-issued ...