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Switzerland’s economy stalled in the second quarter as its manufacturing sector fell victim to waning global demand.

The United Arab Emirates has established a federal body to regulate the gaming industry, paving the way for the country to potentially become the first Gulf state to legalize casinos.

(Bloomberg) — Storm Hans’ battering of the Nordic region last month brought at least one unexpected benefit: a slump in power prices. 

Australian lithium miner Liontown Resources Ltd. said it’s willing to back a new A$6.6 billion ($4.3 billion) takeover offer from Albemarle Corp., the world’s biggest producer of the battery metal.

SM Entertainment Co., the South Korean company that pioneered the K-pop genre three decades ago, unveiled a new seven-member boy group named Riize in its first band debut in three years.

Rains forecast for swathes of India this month should limit the damage to crops after a delayed monsoon and parched August, leaving the world’s most populous nation with sufficient supplies, the food ministry’s top bureaucrat said.

Australia is relying on two billion-dollar listings to save it from the worst year on record for initial public offerings.

Concerns about India’s weakest rains in over a century slowing growth shouldn’t be overstated as the economy has gone a long way from being so reliant on the monsoon, according to a top adviser to the Finance Ministry.

President Xi Jinping began his third term with a diplomatic blitz that bolstered his image as a global statesman. Now, he’s set to skip the world’s premier international forum of world leaders — and it’s not exactly clear why.

Home sales in two of China’s biggest cities soared in the past two days following mortgage relaxations, an early sign that government efforts to cushion a record housing slowdown is helping.