Germany's AfD promises economic boom if it wins Saxony-Anhalt elections. Polls at 40%. Economists warn of 2.2B euro funding gap. Merz warns of damage. Xenophobic rhetoric deters foreign workers.
Global bond sell-off deepens. UK 30-year yield highest since 1998. Japan 10-year at 30-year high 3%. US 30-year at 5.27%. Eurozone inflation 3.3% three-year high. Oil up 2% on Iran tensions.
Former French PM Edouard Balladur dies at 97. Born Turkey 1929. Pompidou protege. PM 1993. Privatisations. Ran against Chirac 1995. Included Sarkozy and Fillon in government.
Marga centre in Neudorf, Luxembourg's only facility for women with addiction. Opened December 2024. 40 women helped. Safe place to sleep, eat, recover.
Nepal rescue hampered by swollen rivers and washed-out roads. Death toll surges past 900. 4,793 missing. 93,000 affected. 40+ bridges destroyed. Himalayan terrain complicates operations.
Russian finance minister Siluanov makes first physical G20 appearance since 2022 Ukraine invasion. Meets US Treasury's Bessent. German FM Klingbeil troubled. No joint photo.
South Korea sentences Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, 83, to 2 years prison for bribery. Designer handbag to former first lady. 10 million followers worldwide.
Shein raises $1.7B in Hong Kong IPO, valued at $26.3B. Far below $98.2B in 2022. US scrap import duty exemption, EU imposes 3 euro per item duty. Quarterly loss of $99M.