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America’s Love of Ube Is Straining Supplies in the Philippines

America’s Love of Ube Is Straining Supplies in the Philippines

Long a staple of Filipino cuisine, the purple yam is all over global menus, and farmers are struggling to keep up.

Norway Central Bank Seen Delaying Next Rate Cut to Third Quarter

Norway Central Bank Seen Delaying Next Rate Cut to Third Quarter

Norges Bank will probably extend its interest-rate cuts in the third quarter and end monetary easing at the start of 2027, accordi...

AfDB Mulls Tool to Unlock Up to $4 Trillion for African Projects

AfDB Mulls Tool to Unlock Up to $4 Trillion for African Projects

The African Development Bank is working on a new risk-assessment framework that will help it unlock more capital for investments.

Port of LA Chief Sees Potential Cargo Surge After Court Ruling

Port of LA Chief Sees Potential Cargo Surge After Court Ruling

The US Supreme Court’s decision on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs may drive up cargo volume, Port of Los Angeles Execut...

Goldman and Citi See South Africa Waiting to Adopt Rule on Debt

Goldman and Citi See South Africa Waiting to Adopt Rule on Debt

South Africa’s finance minister is unlikely to formally adopt a fiscal anchor in this week’s budget, opting to wait until at least...

Nigeria Set for Biggest Rate Cut Since 2020

Nigeria Set for Biggest Rate Cut Since 2020

Nigeria’s central bank is set to resume easing with its largest interest-rate cut since 2020 on Tuesday, as a stronger naira, mode...

Hong Kong Is Near End of Budget Deficit Era But Caution Prevails

Hong Kong Is Near End of Budget Deficit Era But Caution Prevails

For a city on the cusp of ending its longest run of budget deficits in two decades, Hong Kong isn’t brimming with confidence just ...

The Price of Retiring in Australia Jumps as Cost of Living Bites

The Price of Retiring in Australia Jumps as Cost of Living Bites

The recommended nest egg for retired Australian homeowners has surged in the past six months as cost-of-living pressures add to th...

Retailers See Signs That UK’s Crime Spree Is Finally Slowing

Retailers See Signs That UK’s Crime Spree Is Finally Slowing

A post-pandemic spike in violence and abuse against UK retail workers is easing, new data show, as more spending on security measu...

What to Know About Tariff Refunds After the Supreme Court Decision

What to Know About Tariff Refunds After the Supreme Court Decision

The scramble to get tariff refunds is on. But dissecting what could be a multi-year “mess” in the courts, as Supreme Court Justice...

Lagarde Says ECB Must Be Agile When Setting Interest Rates

Lagarde Says ECB Must Be Agile When Setting Interest Rates

The European Central Bank must be “agile” in setting monetary policy, despite currently being well positioned, according to Presid...

Saudi Arabia Records Deepest Budget Deficit Since 2020

Saudi Arabia Records Deepest Budget Deficit Since 2020

Saudi Arabia’s fiscal deficit widened in the fourth quarter to the highest level in five years, as lower oil prices put pressure o...

Trump Takes Anti-China Crusade to Chile Ahead of Latin America Summit in Miami

Trump Takes Anti-China Crusade to Chile Ahead of Latin America Summit in Miami

Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign invest...

ECB’s Lagarde Says Europe Can Still Benefit Greatly From AI

ECB’s Lagarde Says Europe Can Still Benefit Greatly From AI

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Europe can still capitalize on artificial intelligence, even without leadin...

Mozambique Expects to Receive $10 Billion in World Bank Support

Mozambique Expects to Receive $10 Billion in World Bank Support

Mozambique expects to secure about $10 billion in financing from the World Bank Group in the coming years to support economic grow...

Peru Economy Shook Off Political Turmoil to Expand 3.4% in 2025

Peru Economy Shook Off Political Turmoil to Expand 3.4% in 2025

Peru posted growth of better than 3% for a second straight year in 2025, as the economy continues to power through the political c...

Dutch Central Bank Chief Says Ukraine in EU Would Boost Bloc

Dutch Central Bank Chief Says Ukraine in EU Would Boost Bloc

Ukraine joining the European Union would give a “significant boost” to the bloc’s single market, according to Dutch Central Bank g...

EU Halts US Trade Deal as Tariff Turmoil Creates Uncertainty

EU Halts US Trade Deal as Tariff Turmoil Creates Uncertainty

The European Union froze ratification of its US trade deal until President Donald Trump solidifies his upended tariff plans, injec...

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

This Week: Ramadan and Lunar New Year Converge

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