Hedge funds turned the most bullish on the Australian dollar than they’ve been at any point this year, just before concerns over a slowing Chinese economy dragged the currency to a nine-month low.
Javier Milei is known for his rage-filled rhetoric calculated to shock. With the country in economic turmoil, the radical conservative is climbing in the polls ahead of elections for the top job.
China has started booking cargoes of Australian barley after Beijing scrapped onerous tariffs on the trade earlier this month.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the increased production of missiles as he toured plants making weapons to strike America’s allies, just ahead of a summit among the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the US this week.
The Miss Universe Organization terminated its relationship with its Indonesia franchise following sexual harassment allegations.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition retained half of the six states in the provincial elections, which promises policy continuity and bode well for the improving sentiment on the nation’s risk assets.
Indonesia’s growth performance last quarter is poised to top most of its peers in Southeast Asia, but its path ahead is tricky amid widening cracks in the economy after the pandemic.
Foreign investors are losing interest in China, and hedge funds that target the world’s second-biggest economy are paying the price.
CBS News Inc. President Neeraj Khemlani said he will leave his current role to begin a new position with the company to develop books for Simon & Schuster, as well as documentaries and scripted series.
The party of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has chosen a friend and close associate of his, Christian Zurita, to run in the nation’s convulsed elections.
