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Finland’s foreign minister hinted that Russia may have been involved in last week’s Koran-burning protest that threatens to derail Sweden’s accession to NATO.

Stock-market investors are looking to earnings next week from Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. for signs of whether Wall Street’s projections are too optimistic as the US economy cools.

US manufacturing showed more signs this week of succumbing to the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest-rate hikes that are taking a bigger bite out of demand and risk upending the economic expansion.

Consumers in some of the world’s biggest beef markets are shifting to chicken and lentils.

Adani Enterprises Ltd. denied reports it was mulling delaying or cutting the price of its $2.5 billion share sale after the conglomerate’s shares plunged on a US short seller’s report.

China reported a sharp drop in new Covid-related deaths during the Lunar New Year holiday, even as a spike in travel increased the likelihood of more infections across the country.

China’s State Council said the nation needs to accelerate a recovery in consumption and make it the main driving force of the economy, as the world’s second-largest economy emerges from three years of stringent Covid controls.

Executive compensation packages are in focus as top Silicon Valley and Wall Street CEOs slash jobs