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Australia’s barley sector may be the next beneficiary of the thawing relationship with Beijing, Trade Minister Don Farrell said following another meeting with his Chinese counterpart.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke by phone Saturday evening as their negotiators on a debt-limit deal rush to finalize an agreement to avert a catastrophic default, two people familiar with the matter said.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached in an extraordinary vote by the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives, which charged him Saturday with bribery, obstruction of justice and 18 other offenses.

Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa will travel to China next week in a bid to free up more cash from a currency swap line that could help stem a peso selloff before this year’s presidential election.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US “won’t tolerate” the recent decision by Chinese authorities to ban chips by Micron Technology Inc. in some critical sectors, using her sharpest language yet to describe Washington’s reaction.

Nigerian lawmakers increased the legal limit on government borrowings from the central bank in an emergency sitting of the senate on Saturday.

In an era of historic inflation, one alternative investment has been making its way into portfolios as a diversifier and potential hedge against stubborn price pressures: farmland.

SoftBank’s mooted plan to move into private credit is the latest sign the market’s having what Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray calls a “golden moment.”

Binance is creating a new platform for residents in Japan in order to fully comply with local regulations, the company said in a blog post.