Rest of World - Regional Champions https://restofworld.org Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Coupang probe tests the U.S.’s willingness to protect its tech giants abroad https://restofworld.org/2026/coupang-data-breach-us-congress-south-korea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/coupang-data-breach-us-congress-south-korea/ Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images A general view shows the logo of South Korean online delivery service Coupang, at a building housing the headquarters of Coupang in Seoul on December 9, 2025. South Korean police raided the Seoul headquarters of e-commerce giant Coupang on December 9, over a recent data leak believed to have affected almost two-thirds of the country's population. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images) The world is trying to log off U.S. tech https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/ iStock/Rest of World Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying https://restofworld.org/2026/maduro-mercadolibre-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:49:24 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/maduro-mercadolibre-venezuela/ Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images TOPSHOT - A supporter of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait during a rally outside the National Assembly in Caracas on January 5, 2026. Venezuela's parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on January 5, two days after US forces seized her predecessor Nicolas Maduro to face trial in New York. Members of the new National Assembly offered their full backing to Rodriguez -- who had been Maduro's vice president -- and reelected her brother Jorge Rodriguez as parliament head. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP via Getty Images) Who is Byju Raveendran, founder of Indian edtech app Byju’s? https://restofworld.org/2025/who-is-byjus-founder-byju-raveendran-indian-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:55:25 +0000 Rest of World https://restofworld.org/2025/who-is-byjus-founder-byju-raveendran-indian-app/ Single logarithm graph paper. Pakistan’s mass transit is failing. BusCaro thinks it has the solution https://restofworld.org/2024/buscaro-pakistan-transit-group-commutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Zuha Siddiqui and Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2024/buscaro-pakistan-transit-group-commutes/ BusCaro How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars https://restofworld.org/2024/singapore-self-driving-vehicles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Sandy Ong https://restofworld.org/2024/singapore-self-driving-vehicles/ Sandy Ong/Rest of World The Robobus, a self-driving minibus, makes a loop around the resort island of Sentosa in Singapore. Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google   https://restofworld.org/2024/grab-google-maps-southeast-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Michelle Anindya https://restofworld.org/2024/grab-google-maps-southeast-asia/ Photography by Muhammad Fadli for Rest of World Amazon and Walmart couldn’t kill India’s mom-and-pop stores. But rapid delivery might https://restofworld.org/2024/india-rapid-delivery-zepto-blinkit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya and Adnan Bhat https://restofworld.org/2024/india-rapid-delivery-zepto-blinkit/ Sanjit Das/Bloomberg/Getty Images Argentina’s banks accuse MercadoLibre of monopolizing the market https://restofworld.org/2024/mercadolibre-argentina-banks-antitrust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:00:05 +0000 David Feliba https://restofworld.org/2024/mercadolibre-argentina-banks-antitrust/ Ruwangi Amarasinghe for Rest of World This Indian state wants to be a tech hub. But the government keeps shutting down the internet https://restofworld.org/2024/manipur-internet-blackout-startups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Sanghamitra Kar P https://restofworld.org/2024/manipur-internet-blackout-startups/ Rest of World/Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters/Redux Traditional sellers in Vietnam still aren’t sold on e-commerce https://restofworld.org/2024/vietnam-traditional-markets-e-commerce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Lam Le https://restofworld.org/2024/vietnam-traditional-markets-e-commerce/ Linh Pham/Bloomberg/Getty Images A vendor at Hanoi’s Dong Xuan Market. A local ride-hailing service can’t beat Uber and Bolt, so its drivers are beating up their rivals https://restofworld.org/2024/south-africa-shesha-intimidation-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:10 +0000 Ray Mwareya https://restofworld.org/2024/south-africa-shesha-intimidation-violence/ Photography by Gulshan Khan for Rest of World