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Hormuz shipping traffic capped amid competing claims from US and Iran Reuters

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Islamabad has bold ambitions to play a more proactive role in the world

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The UK’s center of gravity is shifting. It’s hard to say yet whether this is a permanent recalibration or even a substantial one, but the arrival of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has moved the country’s focus northward.

DENVER & MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and International Money Express, Inc. (Intermex) (NASDAQ: IMXI) today provided an update regarding regulatory approvals for Western Union’s pending acquisition of Intermex. Western Union and Intermex announced today that the parti

India’s ICICI Bank Ltd. has launched a syndicated offshore loan of about $1.45 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a growing number of local banks tapping overseas debt to capitalize on a central bank facility that lowers hedging costs.

The US will soon announce what it bills as unprecedented economic measures against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, intensifying the Trump administration’s effort to force Tehran’s capitulation through financial pressure. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace breaks down what we know ab