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Higher global bond yields will put pressure on the Australian budget as debt refinancing costs rise, according to Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg's Sakura Murakami breaks down Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's address to parliament outlining a temporary tax relief on food combined with targeted measures to maintain market discipline. (Source: Bloomberg)

America isn’t ready for the next wave of foreign influence operations.

Demographic decline, political paralysis, and the fate of great powers.

Brazil’s election results Sunday make one thing clear: The country is turning further to the right, and not even the old lion of Latin America’s left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, can stand in its way anymore.

Iranian leaders arguably overplayed their hand over the summer, attacking oil tankers even after signing a memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. If the US hopes to end the conflict in the Persian Gulf, it should be wary of its own bout of hubris.

Prudence suggests a halt by the central bank until more stable conditions are restored

Elon Musk added to his annals of antics on Thursday, warning Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian that he will lose his job for choosing Amazon Leo to provide aircraft internet over SpaceX’s Starlink.

The weakening of Russian deterrence has global implications — and they are not all positive

Months of political deadlock after Iraq’s November 2025 parliamentary elections ended in May 2026 when coalition talks among the Shia Coordination Framework (CF), Kurdish, and Sunni leaders led to the nomination of Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister. During the first hundred days of the al-Zaidi governm