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Rowan Ashby is the pen name of the editor of Bullquill, an independent publication based in Indonesia. Writes on central banks, financial regulation, AI, consumer tech and games.

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  1. Bukele launches Haiti rescue operation for 4 Salvadorans held by gangs

    El Salvador's president warned Haitian gangs of a harsher response if four Salvadoran members of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force are not freed alive. No group has claimed the abduction and no rescue has been reported.

    WRLD · 5 MIN
  2. India daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: Sensex, Nifty slip as Brent tops $111

    Indian stocks fell for a third session on October 22 as a drone strike near Saudi Arabia's Shaybah oilfield lifted Brent above $111 and the rupee weakened to about 94.82 per dollar, while the Jio Platforms IPO drew strong demand.

    MKT · 6 MIN
  3. Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data centers in four days

    Three Yandex data centers were hit in four days, taking down cloud, payment and AI services in Russia and beyond. Two weeks on, the fate of the company's AI supercomputers is still unknown.

    TECH · 6 MIN
  4. EQT Qiagen Takeover: €10.8bn Deal at a 40.3% Premium Explained

    Qiagen's boards back the all-cash offer, with ADIA and CPP Investments as co-investors. It needs 50% plus one acceptances, an EGM vote and regulatory clearances, with closing expected in mid-2027.

    FIN · 6 MIN
  5. IHSG hari ini 22 Okt 2026: naik 1,12% saat rupiah melemah

    IHSG menguat untuk sesi ketiga berturut-turut, dipimpin saham bank BUMN dan pembelian oleh Danantara, sementara investor asing terus menjual dan rupiah melemah setelah Bank Indonesia menahan suku bunga dan memangkas giro wajib minimum.

    MKT · 6 MIN
  6. Indonesia daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: IHSG up 1.12% as rupiah slips

    Jakarta's IHSG gained for a third session, led by state-owned banks and Danantara buying, while foreigners kept selling and the rupiah weakened after Bank Indonesia's rate hold and reserve cut.

    MKT · 6 MIN
  7. 日本株デイリー(2026年10月22日):半導体株安で日経平均2.7%下落

    ラムリサーチの決算を受けて半導体の主力株が急落し、日経平均株価は7月以来初めて63,000円を下回って取引を終えました。TOPIXは1.14%下落し、来週の米FOMCと日銀金融政策決定会合を前に円は強含み、国債利回りは低下しました。

    MKT · 9 MIN
  8. China & Hong Kong daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: tech rout hits Hang Seng

    Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost about 3% and the Hang Seng Tech index 5% as a regulatory meeting on e-commerce quality hit Alibaba, while the CSI 300 slid into bear-market territory. The numbers, the drivers and the dates ahead.

    MKT · 7 MIN
  9. Japan daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: Nikkei sinks 2.7% on chip selloff

    Tokyo's Nikkei 225 closed below 63,000 for the first time since July as chip heavyweights tumbled after Lam Research's results. The TOPIX fell 1.14%, the yen firmed and JGB yields eased before next week's Fed and Bank of Japan meetings.

    MKT · 6 MIN
  10. JAXAの火星衛星探査計画MMXとは?日程・ローバー・目的をわかりやすく解説

    日本の探査機MMXが種子島からH3ロケットで打ち上げられ、火星へ向かっています。フォボスへの着陸、少なくとも10グラムの土壌の採取、2031年の地球帰還の計画と、火星の衛星の起源について何がわかる可能性があるのかを解説します。

    SCI · 10 MIN
  11. MMX Phobos sample mission explained: landing, rover, 2031 return

    Japan's MMX lifted off on an H3 rocket from Tanegashima and is due to reach Mars in August 2027. The French-German rover Idefix should reach Phobos in 2029, with a landing and sample collection in 2030 and the capsule back in South Australia in 2031.

    SCI · 7 MIN
  12. How to read on-chain data on mempool.space and Etherscan

    Look up a Bitcoin transaction on mempool.space and an Ethereum transfer on Etherscan without an account, then learn why a simple ETH transfer uses 21,000 gas and what active addresses, exchange flows and hash rate can and cannot show.

    CRYP · 10 MIN
  13. Barclays job cuts: 5,000 roles to go, Unite says AI is an excuse

    About 1,000 roles have already gone and 4,000 more are due by the end of the fourth quarter, finance director Anna Cross said. Chief executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan called AI "the icing on the cake, not the cake".

    AI · 8 MIN
  14. Bank Indonesia Tahan BI-Rate 5,75%, Meleset dari Ekspektasi Kenaikan

    Bank Indonesia mempertahankan BI-Rate di 5,75% pada 21 Oktober 2026, berbeda dari ekspektasi kenaikan ke 6%, tetapi menaikkan suku bunga Deposit Facility ke 5,00% serta memakai insentif lindung nilai dan penurunan GWM untuk menopang rupiah.

    ECON · 7 MIN
  15. Bank Indonesia BI-Rate held at 5.75%; deposit rate up to 5.00%

    Bank Indonesia kept the BI-Rate at 5.75% on 21 October 2026, against expectations of a hike to 6%, but raised its deposit facility rate to 5.00% and turned to hedging incentives and reserve cuts to support the rupiah.

    ECON · 7 MIN
  16. How to Build a RAG App in Python with Ollama and Chroma

    A hands-on, fully local retrieval-augmented generation walkthrough: split your documents into chunks, embed them with Ollama, search them in Chroma and make a local LLM answer with citations, plus chunk-size trade-offs and a simple evaluation checklist.

    AI · 10 MIN
  17. IBM Q3 2026 results: revenue rises 5% to $17.1 billion

    Results beat analyst consensus as Data rose 19% and Red Hat 11%, offsetting flat consulting and a 20% drop in IBM Z mainframe revenue. IBM now expects free cash flow to rise by more than $1 billion year over year.

    FIN · 6 MIN
  18. China seeks to confiscate Qian Zhimin's 61,800 bitcoin held in UK

    The court opened a six-month window for investors and other interested parties to join the case. At CoinGecko's price of $82,262, the coins are worth roughly $5.0 billion, one of the largest bitcoin holdings controlled by any government.

    CRYP · 7 MIN
  19. How to build an MCP server in Python: a step-by-step guide

    A hands-on guide to building a Model Context Protocol server in Python: set up the official SDK, expose a tool and a resource, test with the MCP Inspector, connect it to Claude and apply the security rules the spec requires.

    AI · 10 MIN
  20. NZ vs IND 1st T20I: Iyer wins toss, India bowl at Hagley Oval

    Shreyas Iyer won the toss and put New Zealand in to bat at Hagley Oval as India opened a five-match T20I series, their first meeting with New Zealand since the T20 World Cup final in March.

    CULT · 5 MIN