The head of Spain’s football association will resign amid mounting criticism over his behaviour during celebrations of the country’s Women’s World Cup victory, newspaper El Pais reported.
CMC Markets Plc shares slumped as much as 20% after the financial derivatives dealer’s full-year guidance fell short of estimates.
China’s yuan has bottomed out and is set to recover as investors unwind bullish dollar bets in anticipation of slower US growth and an end to Federal Reserve tightening, according to the wealth arm of Standard Chartered Plc.
China unveiled a further easing of its mortgage policies to halt a slump in its residential property market and revive growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
China’s securities regulator plans to convene a meeting with some of the world’s biggest asset managers on Friday, its latest attempt to shore up confidence after a record stretch of outflows by foreign funds.
While Iran and the US make wary diplomatic overtures, a return to their lapsed nuclear agreement remains a distant prospect. But for world oil markets, a pact is already taking effect.
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday discussed the training of Ukrainian fighter pilots, the White House said. The US leader gave assurance of expedited approval for other nations to transfer their F-16s to Ukraine. NATO allies Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have so far pledged the fighter jets to Kyiv. In a shift, the Pentagon plans to begin training Ukrainian pilots of F-16s as soon as September, the New York Times reported.
Heineken NV said it completed a deal to sell its assets and leave Russia, becoming one of the few consumer companies to successfully withdraw since Vladimir Putin’s government shifted rules to make exiting the country more difficult.
Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raised a round of funding led by the Indian digital-asset platform CoinDCX.
Russia said it downed 42 drones and a missile fired by Ukraine, the largest single attack involving unmanned vehicles at the end of a week of almost daily strikes, a small retaliation as Moscow’s war against its neighbor drags into its 19th month.
