China is willing to work with the European Union ​to inject more stability and positive ‌energy into economic and trade ties, Vice Premier He Lifeng told French diplomat Emmanuel ​Bonne in Beijing, the official ​Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.

South Korea has found ​hacking incidents at a ‌total of 16 financial firms and ​around 100,000 cases ​of data leaks so ⁠far, the country's ​financial regulator said ​on Wednesday.

European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday to weigh up the future of trading ties with China, whose surging exports of cars and other manufactured goods are threatening to harm local industry and cause mass ​layoffs across Europe.

The European Union is seeking to secure more critical minerals from Vietnam to reduce its reliance on China amid ​concerns that existing supplies may be at risk, according to internal EU documents seen by Reuters.

Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill, who had voted in favour of raising rates, ​said on Wednesday he was more sceptical about ‌market pricing of four quarter-point increases to borrowing costs by the BoE over the next year.

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after two vessels were struck in the Strait ‌of Hormuz and Iranian officials told Reuters they were deploying new tactics to target ships, as Tehran seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections.

Pollution readings in Singapore reached their highest level this year on Wednesday ‌while East Timor shut its schools for three days in response to intensifying smoke and haze from Indonesia's wildfires.

US President ​Donald Trump ‌said on ​Wednesday ​that "massive" oil, gas ⁠and ​mineral ​exploration is getting ready ​to ​begin in Greenland, ‌he ⁠said in a ​statement ​on ⁠Truth Social.

El Niño is back and shaping up to be the most powerful on record.

Global central banks are likely to head into 2027 with even tighter monetary-policy settings to keep inflation at bay.

China and the European Union have agreed to discuss the bloc’s restrictions on imports of inverters, a key piece of clean technology, offering potential relief to Chinese firms facing curbs on sales to a major overseas market.

American AI developers can give the British government early access ​to AI models for safety testing without ‌running afoul of US President Donald Trump's administration, the Telegraph newspaper said on Sunday.

British finance minister John Healey will stress the importance of budget discipline and improving resilience to geopolitical shocks when ​he meets his foreign counterparts on his first trip to ‌the International Monetary Fund's annual meetings this week.

Standing knee-deep in the Ken River, with mud smeared on her face to symbolize a connection to ​land her family has farmed for more than a century, Bitti Bai Kondar is among hundreds of tribal residen...

Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global ​growth at around 3%, yielding ‌major benefits for many Asian economies that supply the hardware, such ​as Thailand, said Kristalina ​Georgieva, managing director of the ⁠International Monetary Fund.

The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas ​emissions heating the planet, an internal EU document seen by Reuters showed.

China's domestic car sales extended ​their decline for a ‌12th successive month, while exports remained a ​key growth driver ​as automakers looked overseas to ⁠cushion the impact ​of a sluggish home ​market.

China and the European ​Union held "intensive consultations" on ‌the trade of hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as ​efforts to balance ​economic and trade concerns, the ⁠commerce ministry said on ​Monday.

Malaysia's state fund 1MDB is in talks to settle a legal dispute with Deutsche ​Bank , local media reported on Monday, as the ‌country continues its efforts to recover billions of dollars in alleged losses from a corruption scandal.

British recruiter Hays posted on Monday first-quarter net fees ahead ​of analysts' estimates, as growth ‌in the US and Asia cushioned weakness in Northern Europe, and said it ​expects market conditions to remain ​stable in the near term.

China's deal with the European Union to curb exports of hybrid vehicles to the ​bloc is a fresh hit to Chinese EV makers that have ramped up hybrid shipments exempt from EU ‌tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, as sales growth slows at home.

TotalEnergies said on ​Monday it is ‌expanding its joint venture ​with ​KKR in the United ⁠States ​with the addition ​of a 700 megawatt renewables ​portfolio.

Singapore’s Formula 1 race will go ahead this weekend despite haze from Indonesian wildfires that has choked the city for weeks, pushing it to the top of the global rankings for air pollution.

A growing brush fire has shut Interstate 5 in both directions in north Los Angeles County, prompting evacuation orders and warnings as crews battle to bring the blaze under control.

Japanese household spending ​fell less than expected in ‌August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, ​for a ninth straight ​month of decline.

A record 20 Chinese car brands will descend on next week's Paris Motor Show, underscoring how rapidly China's automakers have established themselves as ​a competitive threat in Europe despite mounting trade barriers.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son ​is seeking to raise up to $100 ‌billion from Gulf investors to fund a new wave of AI investments, the Financial Times ​reported on Friday, citing people familiar ​with the matter.

The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world’s leading authority on climate change still can’t agree on a timeline to publish its next review of the latest science on the warming planet.

The Financial Stability Board, the global body that monitors risks to the financial system, urged ​authorities on Friday to strengthen emergency funding arrangements ‌for failing banks after finding major gaps in countries' ability to provide liquidity during a crisis.

India's Aditya Birla Renewables is seeking $1.5 billion in rupee-denominated loans to fund the acquisition of Shell Plc's Indian ​renewable energy arm and avoid a costlier bridge debt, three ‌bankers aware of the discussions said.

The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the artificial intelligence boom fuels an unprecedented data-centre building spree.

Just over 10 years ago, a wind storm sweeping through the state of South Australia appeared to deal a death blow for the energy transition.

Worsening air pollution driven by wildfires in Indonesia prompted Malaysia to temporarily shut schools in one of its most populated states, just as a major Formula One race in neighboring Singapore approaches.

France’s historic drought is stressing the country’s drinking-water system, forcing tens of thousands of people in some areas to rely on bottled water and tanker truck deliveries as dry conditions linger into autumn.

Countries must urgently scale up their commitments to keep temperature rises within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) to limit the ​impacts of extreme weather, a statement from a conference leading ‌up to the UN's COP31 summit said.

Two missiles launched by ​Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted the international airport ‌of Yemen's southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media ​office of Aden's security department said.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as the market weighed supply constraints from a storm heading for US oil-producing regions and attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia against increased supplies of ​Middle East crude.

A hedge fund industry group has warned ​the Bank of England that proposed reforms to the market for short-term loans secured against UK government bonds, known ‌as "repo", could backfire and reduce liquidity at times of market stress.

Nations including Fiji and Ireland said on Wednesday they were donating about $15 million to a fund to finance climate resilience and adaptation projects in Pacific ​islands, but pledges remain far below the fund's target.

Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.

The Indian central bank raised its benchmark repo rate INREPO=ECI by 25 basis points to 5.5% on Wednesday, marking the first rise in nearly four years amid mounting inflation and strong economic growth. COMMENTARY: ABHIJIT SURYA, SENIOR APAC ECONOMIST, CAPITAL ECONOMICS, MUMBAI

The machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in their workplaces.

Representatives of 30 nations watched on Tuesday as white sand dredged from an atoll lagoon was used to ​reclaim land from the ocean in a fight by the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu to keep its main island ‌from being lost to rising waves.

Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.

Citigroup Inc. is slashing the time its investment-banking analysts need to wait to advance to associate level, part of a push by the bank to attract and retain top talent in a fierce job market that’s seen buyout firms poach aggressively from Wall Street.

OpenAI is in talks with multiple investment funds from the United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi-based MGX, to help anchor a $30 billion round of financing for the ChatGPT maker, according to people familiar with the matter.

Vice President JD Vance said an Alaska natural gas project with South Korea will move forward even as Seoul said its participation remains conditional on the venture being economically viable — prompting a threat of trade retaliation from President Donald Trump.