Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended stronger ties with Beijing in order to reorient the global geopolitical order, possibly boosting Chinese plans to counter decades of US preeminence in world affairs.
As flowering bushes transform into tinder following heavy rains, the state is bracing for a delayed but dangerous fire season.
Peru’s central bank president Julio Velarde said he’s wary of the risk of easing monetary policy prematurely before inflationary pressures have been curbed.
Bolivia’s central bank is rebuilding its international reserves as it deals with a “transitory” liquidity problem affecting the country, according to Finance Minister Marcelo Montenegro.
As companies prepare to report the biggest drop in earnings since the pandemic began three years ago, bulls are already looking past the decline, betting growth will resume and lift stocks to new highs.
It used to have the ear of government, now some prominent members are reconsidering their membership.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US wants to formally upgrade its relationship with Vietnam, in part to reinforce the “rules-based” order in the Indo-Pacific, as Washington continues to seek deeper ties with countries in Asia wary of China’s rise.
Emmanuel Macron enacted his controversial pension reform on Saturday after clearing a constitutional hurdle, allowing the French president to try to move past the episode that’s sparked months of protests and dented his popularity.
At 10 p.m. on Saturday, the Isar-2 nuclear plant near Munich will begin winding down its power generation in steps of 10 megawatts per minute.
A rally in the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has some heralding the end of crypto winter, but a true thaw-out may still be a while away.
