Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
North Korea has been quietly running a sprawling long-range missile base just 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the Chinese border, according to a new report that highlights Pyongyang’s growing nuclear capabilities and
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Senior former employees of CapitaLand Group Pte allegedly accepted bribes from a longtime contractor in India, according to court filings in Singapore, Bloomberg reported. The accusations surfaced in a civil lawsuit brought
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India is witnessing a revival in clean-energy initial public offerings (IPOs) as companies seek to capitalize on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aggressive renewable energy targets, Bloomberg reported. The rebound began this week
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North Korea has rejected South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s latest bid to revive dialogue, with Kim Yo Jong — the influential sister of leader Kim Jong Un — accusing Seoul of
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An Australian former special forces soldier is set to become the first in the country’s history to stand trial for a war crime, more than a decade after the alleged killing of
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The Pentagon has indicated that the United States intends to play only a limited role in any long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, raising concerns among NATO allies that Europe will be left
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U.S. equities tumbled this week, with the S&P 500 shedding roughly $1 trillion in market value as a tech-driven selloff intensified ahead of anticipated Federal Reserve guidance on interest rates. The S&P
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Militias and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed massacres, ethnically targeted killings, and gang rapes, according to two reports released Wednesday by leading human rights organizations. Human
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French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his lawsuit against American political commentator Candace Owens, saying the legal action was necessary to protect both his family and his own honour. Speaking to Paris
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For much of the last three decades, China’s rise in Africa has been defined by economics. Its footprint has been visible in the bridges, highways, ports, and power stations financed and constructed
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The Czech general election this autumn, once seemingly a smooth path to victory for billionaire politician Andrej Babiš, has been thrown into unexpected turmoil by an extraordinary scandal involving a plot to
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet (Xizang) on Wednesday to attend landmark events marking the 60th anniversary of the region’s establishment as an autonomous area, becoming the first Chinese president to
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Blackstone Inc.’s head of secondaries, Verdun Perry, called the buying and selling of existing private assets “the most underutilized tool” in private markets, forecasting that secondaries deal volume could surge to $400
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Russia’s oil production and exports are projected to remain stable this year, even as the industry faces its most difficult period since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Moscow-based Kasatkin Consulting. The firm
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Microsoft Corp. has curtailed Chinese companies’ access to early notifications about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its software, amid concerns that leaks may have contributed to recent hacking campaigns targeting its SharePoint and Exchange
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