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By Aftab Ahmed and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's annual budget announcement was a bigger deal than usual this year: As the first full budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance's presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truck drivers blocked some major highways in central Mexico on Tuesday to protest that the government hasn’t paid them for work they did on a tourist train line. The…
For almost half a century, Kwok Hoi-yin's humble cottage on Hong Kong's border with mainland China was surrounded by leagues of fishponds and green fields, buffering the modern highrises…
Mali's military leader has sacked the Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, and his government. It follows rare criticism by Maïga of the junta's lack of clarity about a once- promised…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday that the government is investigating an alleged ransomware hack of her administration’s legal affairs office after what appeared to be…
Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI arrived in the town of Paiporta to survey the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people on…
(Bloomberg) -- Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh projects the nation’s economy will grow 6.5% to 7% in 2025 and says the government will push for expansion of 7%-7.5%, according to a…
(Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s government is bracing for public backlash as it commits to rolling back petrol subsidies mid-2025, a politically-sensitive and long-delayed pledge that’s key to…
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s government will unveil “as many measures as possible” to cut spending this year, Planning and Budget Minister Simone Tebet said Tuesday, continuing a push to soothe…
PARIS (AP) — France’s new government has unveiled its 2025 belt-tightening budget bill, with plans for major tax hikes and spending cuts aimed at tackling the country’s giant deficit.…
(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s government said it will loosen investment rules in a bid to attract more foreign capital and boost productivity growth. Most Read from Bloomberg The Overseas…
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector, after concern rose about…
France's new centre-right government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, has introduced an austerity budget aimed at addressing the high national debt. According to an explanation…
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has completed the difficult task of forming a government and is expected to present the composition of the future cabinet to President Emmanuel…
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that the government should close this year within the tolerance band of its fiscal target if Congress approves…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands gathered Saturday for a rally against lithium mining in Serbia despite officials' warnings of their alleged plot to topple populist President…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Struggling to feed her family after losing her job as a cleaner earlier this year, 56-year-old Norma Villarreal went to church Wednesday in the hardscrabble…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria's Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour…
“We are protesting because we are hungry,” Nigerian activist Banwo Olagokun tells the BBC. He is part of the Take It Back Movement, one of the groups that has called for 10 days of protest…
Dozens of failed asylum seekers from Vietnam are to be sent back to the country on Wednesday, using resources the last government had earmarked for the Rwanda scheme. The Labour government…
