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Saudi Arabia’s economy expanded at a slower pace in the first quarter of 2023 as the oil sector grew at its lowest rate in more than a year.

London’s commodities merchants are following some of their Swiss peers to Dubai, as the emirate moves from being an outpost focused on crude to a major energy trading hub.

More than two million Thais who registered for early voting began casting their ballots Sunday ahead of next week’s general election, with opposition parties projected to win a majority.

Traders betting directly against interest-rate hikes by the Bank of England do so at their peril — no matter how overblown market pricing might look.

British companies are luring women into work by offering leave for menopause and miscarriage, part of an effort to fill vacancies during a period of widespread worker shortages.

Vilified as terrorists by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kurdish politicians have already emerged as kingmakers in an opposition bid to unseat the Turkish president and could become a legislative force after a cliffhanger election that risks creating a hung parliament.

John Lewis Partnership Plc faces a reckoning this week as employees vote on whether they support Chairman Sharon White’s stewardship of the struggling British retailer.

China added to its gold reserves for a sixth straight month, extending a flurry of purchases as central banks around the world expand their holdings of bullion amid escalating geopolitical and economic risks.

The second meeting in two months between leaders of Japan and South Korea after years without a formal summit marks another win for the Biden administration, which has sought to unite the allies to cooperate against North Korea and undercut China’s growing power.