The head of the Wagner mercenary group said he’d been promised sufficient ammunition by Russia’s military to continue a campaign in Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east, walking back a threat to abandon the battle.
Chileans are voting to elect the 50 members of a new Constitutional Council Sunday as the nation tries — once again — to rewrite a charter dating from the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger will step down months before early elections planned for Sept. 30 after his caretaker cabinet started to fall apart, he said Sunday in Bratislava.
Investors are bailing on preferred shares at a historic clip because of the growing concern about the health of US regional banks.
Texas Republicans are seeking to take control of elections in the Houston area, a growing Democratic stronghold that is making statewide races more competitive and could eventually turn the state into a presidential battleground.
Price of groceries has grown 50% faster than overall inflation since 2020
The potential shifts in the political landscape of emerging markets this year are putting investors on edge, with a slew of upcoming elections adding to pressure on flailing bonds, stocks and currencies.
Arab League states moved Sunday to reinstate Syria to the 22-nation bloc, effectively ending President Bashar Al-Assad’s decade of regional isolation in defiance of US warnings.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s conservative political party warned voters against throwing the country into a “black hole of conflict” by supporting opposition groups that are proposing sweeping societal changes, as a power struggle intensifies ahead of next week’s general election.
The European Central Bank needs to continue raising interest rates amid a “too high” underlying inflation rate, said Governing Council member Klaas Knot.
