Global markets opened the week under a cloud of caution as investors braced for a raft of trade tariff decisions and high-stakes geopolitical meetings slated for the coming days. Risk appetite was muted across equities, while bond yields and currency markets signalled a market grappling with...

Across India, a rising drumbeat urging consumers to avoid American-made goods has moved beyond online sloganeering to small street demonstrations and coordinated social campaigns, reflecting a mix of economic grievance, political signaling and growing nationalist sentiment. Retail chains,...

Japan’s government has downgraded its growth forecast for the current fiscal year, trimming its outlook as a convergence of external shocks and domestic pressures undermines a fragile rebound. Officials cited a sharper-than-expected hit to exports from trade frictions, cooling capital expenditure...

Germany’s industrial production slid back to levels not seen since the first coronavirus wave in 2020, a fresh signal that Europe’s largest economy is wrestling with a damaging mix of weak overseas demand, rising global competition and policy uncertainty. The month-on-month fall in June deepened a...

The collapse of long-anticipated trade talks between India and the United States has left New Delhi reeling from a sudden imposition of 25% tariffs on key exports, along with the threat of additional penalties over oil imports. After five rounds of negotiations, what had once been billed as a...

In a mounting legal confrontation that has drawn attention across India’s digital and political landscape, the government’s expanding internet censorship regime is facing direct challenge from a major global social media platform. At the heart of the dispute is a sweeping legal framework introduced...

The European Commission revealed that it has approved the plans of the French authorities to allocate €11 billion from the state budget for the advancement of offshore wind energy. France can accelerate the deployment of offshore wind energy capacity in accordance with the Clean Industrial Deal...

A surge of Chinese companies is aggressively pursuing initial public offerings (IPOs) and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals in the United States this year, setting the stage for a potential record tally despite simmering geopolitical and trade tensions between Washington and Beijing....

The U.S. labor market entered August with a marked slowdown in hiring, raising fresh questions about the momentum of the economic recovery. Nonfarm payrolls rose by just 73,000 jobs in July—well below analysts’ expectations—while revisions to May and June data trimmed a combined 258,000 positions....