Pheu Thai, a party backed by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s family, held talks with the largest group in parliament to shore up support for its prime minister candidate amid signs it faces hurdles from the pro-royalist groups in its bid to form a government.
(Bloomberg) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government on Wednesday approved a top-up of Germany’s special Climate and Transformation Fund by more than €30 billion to about €212 billion ($233 billion) for the period 2024 through 2027.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the country will not pull out a World War II-era ship in a shoal in the South China Sea that has become the latest flashpoint in its heightening dispute with China.
Mali’s parliament adopted a new mining code that will increase the government’s stake and local shareholding in the extractive industry to about a third.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he aims to revive and expand the scope of the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea, calling on Western countries to help turn the initiative into a basis for peace.
Chile’s Constitutional Council is confident in having its draft of the charter ready by the October deadline after it resolves over 1,000 pending amendments, though it faces an uphill battle to win over voters, the institution’s president said.
UK Energy Secretary Grant Shapps is set to examine potential changes to the price cap on household power and gas bills as part of a wider drive to restore competition to the sector.
China’s unofficial death toll from recent flooding in the north hit 62 after the capital reported more victims, although a full accounting of the fatalities and economic damage from the natural disaster remains unclear.
China made the biggest downgrade on record to the value of a monthly export figure, a move that could paint a more flattering picture of trade data in months to come amid weak global demand.
(Bloomberg) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government will on Wednesday approve a top-up of Germany’s special Climate and Transformation Fund by more than €30 billion to about €212 billion ($233 billion), according to a draft of the financing plan through 2027.
