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Australian Land Locked by Heritage Law Amplifies Housing Crisis

Australian Land Locked by Heritage Law Amplifies Housing Crisis

Australia’s heritage laws are worsening the country’s housing affordability crisis by protecting hundreds of thousands of low-valu...

Spanish Tourism Mecca Benidorm Scrambles to Avoid Insolvency

Spanish Tourism Mecca Benidorm Scrambles to Avoid Insolvency

One of Europe’s most famous beach resorts is scrambling to avoid insolvency after it was ordered to pay €350 million ($412 million...

South African Annual Budget Highlights: Debt Peak, Tax Relief

South African Annual Budget Highlights: Debt Peak, Tax Relief

South Africa’s National Treasury said public debt as a percentage of gross domestic product will peak this year, as it announced b...

South Africa Eyes Debt-Limit Rule to Sustain Fiscal Discipline

South Africa Eyes Debt-Limit Rule to Sustain Fiscal Discipline

South Africa will propose binding guidelines later this year to keep public finances on a sustainable path by introducing a princi...

Merz in Beijing Confronts Decline in German Status

Merz in Beijing Confronts Decline in German Status

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is confronting Germany’s diminished economic status as he visits Beijing.

The $112 Billion Gap Making It Hard to Gauge US-China Decoupling

The $112 Billion Gap Making It Hard to Gauge US-China Decoupling

Shell companies offer deep shipping discounts, undervalue cargo on customs forms and then disappearing overnight

ECB Mustn’t Be Complacent Despite Inflation Victory, Vujcic Says

ECB Mustn’t Be Complacent Despite Inflation Victory, Vujcic Says

The European Central Bank must remain alert to dangers despite officials having wrested back control over prices, according to Gov...

RBA’s Bullock Says Tough to Make Judgments on Economy at Moment

RBA’s Bullock Says Tough to Make Judgments on Economy at Moment

Australia’s central bank Governor Michele Bullock said judging the economy is “a little bit more difficult” now than in previous p...

China Warns US It Will Respond If Trade Probe Spurs New Tariffs

China Warns US It Will Respond If Trade Probe Spurs New Tariffs

China warned it will take “all necessary measures” if the US uses a probe into a 2020 trade deal to impose fresh tariffs, after Wa...

Bangladesh Bank Chief Quits Abruptly After Change in Government

Bangladesh Bank Chief Quits Abruptly After Change in Government

The head of Bangladesh’s central bank has stepped down in a surprise departure that comes just over a week after the inauguration ...

Botswana’s Central Bank Sees Inflation Slowing This Year

Botswana’s Central Bank Sees Inflation Slowing This Year

Botswana’s inflation will peak at just over 5% this year, down from a December forecast of 6.2%, due to “stabilizing exchange-rate...

Zambia Inflation Rate Drops to Target Band Faster Than Expected

Zambia Inflation Rate Drops to Target Band Faster Than Expected

Zambia’s annual inflation rate fell below the central bank’s target ceiling for the first time in almost seven years, bolstering t...

Kenya Central Bank Signals Further Easing After 10 Rate Cuts

Kenya Central Bank Signals Further Easing After 10 Rate Cuts

Kenya’s central bank still has room to cut its benchmark interest rate after lowering it 10 times in the past one and a half years...

UK Energy Bills Hit Almost Two-Year Low Amid Green Cost Shakeup

UK Energy Bills Hit Almost Two-Year Low Amid Green Cost Shakeup

UK energy bills will drop to the lowest in almost two years in April, after the government moved part of the cost of supporting re...

German Rebound Driven by Domestic Demand as Trade Damps Growth

German Rebound Driven by Domestic Demand as Trade Damps Growth

Spending by German consumers, businesses and the government sparked an economic recovery at the end of last year that’s expected t...

Thailand Surprises With Rate Cut to Bolster Fragile Recovery

Thailand Surprises With Rate Cut to Bolster Fragile Recovery

The Bank of Thailand unexpectedly lowered its key interest rate, stepping up support for the economy as policymakers seek to shore...

Switzerland Is About to Put Cash in Its Constitution, Polls Show

Switzerland Is About to Put Cash in Its Constitution, Polls Show

Switzerland looks set to enshrine the availability of cash in its constitution next month, manifesting a public desire that physic...

Africa Debt Risk Perceptions ‘Overblown,’ Zambian Official Says

Africa Debt Risk Perceptions ‘Overblown,’ Zambian Official Says

Mispriced risk in African sovereign debt is costing the continent billions of dollars in additional debt-service payments and cons...

Trump administration's demands for California's voter rolls,...

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Trump administration's demands for California's voter rolls, including Social Security numbers, rejected by federal judge

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Olympics 2026: How to watch Canada vs. France men’s ice hock...

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Olympics 2026: How to watch Canada vs. France men’s ice hockey for free

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo breaks Winter Olympics record with ...

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Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo breaks Winter Olympics record with ninth gold medal

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