For Thai markets, July may well be a make or break month as the nation’s parliament picks a prime minister, which would signal a successful transition of power after almost a decade of military-backed rule.
UK mortgage holders have a fresh financial worry to deal with after a key lending rate surged to its highest in almost 15 years.
India is set to sign a naval fighter deal worth nearly €3 billion ($3.3 billion) with France when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits this week, the latest defense deal for the South Asian nation as it presents itself as a bulwark against China in the Asia Pacific.
Some 11,300 claims for damages from riots in France had been filed as of July 7 for a total cost of €650 million ($716 million), the insurers federation said in a statement Tuesday.
French inflationary pressures are continuing to ease, with fewer firms raising prices and some even cutting them, the country’s central bank said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will skip an international gathering of top diplomats this week due to his “physical condition,” the government in Beijing said, making a rare disclosure about the health of an official.
Centrica Plc is ramping up its supplies of liquefied natural gas from the US, clinching an $8 billion deal with the first floating export facility off Louisiana.
Indonesia passed a new healthcare bill on Tuesday aimed at reforming the industry and improving life expectancy despite opposition from local doctors and nurses.
A top presidential candidate in Taiwan said the leader of the democratically ruled island should someday be able to walk into the White House, signaling he’d press ahead with efforts to engage the US that have upset China.
Three Federal Reserve officials on Monday said policymakers will need to raise interest rates further this year to bring inflation back to the central bank’s goal.
