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Paul Whelan, the former Marine imprisoned in Russia, said he’s confident that the US is working to secure his release, CNN reported.

US President Joe Biden said he expected ties with China to improve “very shortly” after a spat over an alleged spy balloon earlier this year derailed relations.

Activist investors are poised to make record shareholder proposals in Japan this year, emboldened by a Tokyo bourse campaign to boost valuations, as the combined pressure on companies becomes one catalyst for a market that just hit a three-decade high.

SpaceX launched four private astronauts en route to the International Space Station, including the first woman from Saudi Arabia to travel to space.

Things may get even worse for Japanese currency bulls after the yen touched its lowest level against the greenback this year and traders get closer to erasing their bets on a central bank policy tweak.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to take action against private business, which he blames for fueling the latest crash in the economy.

Mining magnate German Larrea’s rail unit said on Sunday that it was seeking an agreement with the government after the military seized a small stretch of a rail line that’s crucial to one of the president’s pet projects.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists estimated that the Treasury Department will by June 8 or 9 see its cash levels drop below the $30 billion it’s signaled as a bare minimum for meeting federal obligations falling due.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested he would seek answers after a newspaper report that Home Secretary Suella Braverman sought civil servants’ help to deal with the fallout from a speeding ticket last year.

The University of Chicago will partner with International Business Machines Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google in deals totaling as much as $150 million aimed toward the development of quantum computing.