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Latvijas Banka governor and ECB policymaker urges policymakers to prepare financial system for direct military attack

Scars of a crackdown, which have brought anti-regime demonstrations to an end for now, are visible across Iran’s capital

Groups are halting production and cutting prices to shift stock as sales declines accelerate in key markets

Slowing demand in China has pushed brands to seek pockets of growth in new markets

Spending on Xi Jinping’s signature overseas investment project hit a record in 2025, new research shows

Vitalik Buterin wants improved private payments, easier running of full nodes, decentralized apps that don’t rely on centralized services, and more on-chain privacy.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose early business career was launched with billionaire backing, is now vowing to block a proposed wealth tax on billionaires, arguing it would drive capital out of the state as unions and Silicon Valley leaders clash over its economic impact. read more

Countries that once saw American success as their own now view the US as an adversary and Beijing as a model

Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules used since cold war to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal