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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold talks with major UK firms and investors Monday as his government seeks to fill the void created by the implosion of Britain’s main business lobby.

Britain’s property owners are turning more cautious about asking for higher prices, according to a survey from the online property search website Rightmove.

Global military spending rose to a record last year, spurred by a policy U-turn in Europe where governments boosted capabilities by the most since the end of the Cold War in the wake of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

Japanese investors are snapping up foreign currencies, local stocks and US Treasuries after the country’s new central bank chief damped speculation he will start normalizing policy.

This week may prove crucial for the currency market’s favorite sentiment gauge — the risk-sensitive Australian dollar versus the haven yen — as investors wait to see if it can finally break out of its seven-month downtrend.

The international effort to evacuate consular workers and other expats from Sudan picked up over the weekend even while hampered at times by a ninth day of widespread fighting.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the House will pass his $1.5 trillion debt-ceiling increase plan this week, but he dodged when asked if he has already secured the 218 Republican votes he needs.

Failed crypto lender Celsius Network Ltd. has attracted two new bidders in a three-way auction set for Tuesday, according to a Saturday filing by Kirkland & Ellis, which is overseeing the bankruptcy.

Canada’s massive civil service strike is poised to drag into its second week as the federal government and the union representing more than 155,000 federal workers trade barbs amid tense and slow negotiations.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party eked out wins in four of five Japanese by-elections held Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, with the results seen as key to his decision on election timing.