Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed, since December in the fighting in Ukraine, with Wagner mercenaries accounting for almost half of Russian fatalities, according to the US National Security Council.
UK house prices rose for the first time in eight months in April, halting for now the worst slump in 14 years, one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders said.
BP Plc slowed the pace of share buybacks as lower energy prices trimmed its cash flow.
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund settled a bonus dispute with ex-managers at its London office that spawned several lawsuits and an attempted intervention by the UK government.
Two months after Tesla Inc. unveiled plans to drop the usage of rare earths in its future models, ferrite stocks in South Korea are skyrocketing on bets that the material will be an alternative.
Australia’s central bank signaled further policy tightening ahead after unexpectedly raising interest rates by a quarter-percentage point on Tuesday, sending the currency and bond yields surging.
India’s unemployment rate climbed to a four-month high, the latest data showed, as there were more people joining the workforce compared to available jobs in Asia’s third largest economy.
Abcam Plc founder Jonathan Milner is pushing for better performance at the biotechnology supplier he started 25 years ago.
A gauge of inflation expectations in Japan climbed to a four-month high as renewed yen weakness risks boosting import prices, keeping speculation alive that the central bank may have to reduce monetary stimulus.
Chegg Inc. plummeted as much as 38% after warning that the ChatGPT tool is threatening growth of its homework-help services, one of the most notable market reactions yet to signs that generative AI is upending industries.
