Thailand, the world’s biggest rice exporter after India, is on track to ship the highest volume in four years as importing countries boost purchases to replenish stockpiles and keep a lid on food inflation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that his nation would like to see talks on Ukraine, comments that come as Beijing tries to improve ties with Europe.
The government accused unions of deliberately harming patients as ambulance workers began strike action in the latest crisis to hit Britain’s beleaguered National Health Service.
UK government borrowing surged in November as the public finances came under mounting pressure from rising debt-interest payments and the huge cost of subsidizing energy bills for consumers and businesses.
India revamped stock buyback rules on Tuesday by blocking a popular route companies use to purchase shares from the open market, in a bid to make the process more shareholder-friendly.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. has been granted a license to launch satellites from the UK, paving the way for the first ever space mission from European soil early in the new year.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is facing mounting criticism over his latest shock policy decision, with several prominent economists calling it a blow to BOJ credibility and traders rushing to test the central bank’s new red line on bond yields.
Pro-Ukrainian hackers are gathering intelligence about Russian military personnel in order to help inform decision-making on the battlefield, according to Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation.
Indonesia will impose a ban on bauxite exports from the middle of next year, the country’s latest move aimed at boosting domestic processing of its mineral resources.
The declines in Swedish housing prices extended to the eighth straight month, as the worst slump in three decades deepens.
