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18/05/2026

Summer's high electricity and gas bills concern Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

18/05/2026

German, Swiss bicycle makers adopt automated Q'Auto system

18/05/2026

India may be the world’s most populous ​country, with 1.42 billion people and challenges like high youth unemployment, but powerful allies of Prime ‌Minister Narendra Modi are championing larger families to counter a declining fertility rate.

18/05/2026

The US and Iran remained far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump expressing renewed frustration with Tehran as a selloff in global bonds heightened concern about the conflict’s economic fallout.

18/05/2026

GLOBAL STORIES | 05/18/26
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17/05/2026

15/05/2026

Earnings growth expected to continue with BOJ rate hike on the table

15/05/2026

Alphabet has sold 576.5 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in yen-denominated bonds, a ​term sheet showed on Friday, the ‌largest-ever issue by a foreign company.

15/05/2026

US President Donald Trump said he raised the issue of granting Visa Inc. wider access to offer payments services to Chinese consumers and businesses during a meeting with Xi Jinping on Thursday in Beijing.

15/05/2026

FOREIGN INVESTMENT pledges in the Philippines rose by 52.3% in the first quarter from a low base a year earlier, although commitments fell to their lowest level in four quarters as analysts cited geopolitical uncertainty, elevated costs, and weaker domestic growth as risks to investor sentiment.
https://www.bworldonline.com/infographics/2026/05/15/749680/q1-approved-foreign-investment-pledges-hit-p42-64-billion/

15/05/2026

GLOBAL STORIES | 05/15/26
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