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After former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan last year, it took less than an hour for China to announce missile tests and military drills encircling the island.

Funding reconstruction of cities and the economy when the war eventually ends will hinge on progress rooting out the corruption and post-Soviet kleptocracy that created a billionaire class.

Serbia will probably lift borrowing costs again to tackle persistent inflation, remaining the last country in eastern Europe to continue monetary tightening as the rest of the region has already halted interest-rate hikes.

(Bloomberg) — French unions are leading another round of strikes and protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, capitalizing on broad public support for a movement that has caused trash to pile up on the streets of Paris and sporadically turned violent.

A rebound in Swedish home prices unexpectedly gathered pace last month, casting doubt on most forecasters’ gloomy outlook for one of the world’s worst-hit housing markets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said relations between the US and Russia are “experiencing a deep crisis,” as he sought to blame Washington for his invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

China’s services activity accelerated in March, a private survey showed, adding to expectations that stronger demand will bolster the economy’s recovery this year.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is trying to enlist donors who have supported Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, by presenting the former president’s rising poll numbers as an unstoppable force in the race for the US Republican nomination.

Allianz Global Investors is betting that a resurgence in demand for semiconductors in the second half of 2023 will drive a long-anticipated revival of the global chip sector.

India’s rates traders are on the fence about a quarter-point rate hike on Thursday, even though a majority of economists are predicting one.