The French Government offered a final-hour concession to Marine Le Pen on the 2025 budget, seeking to avoid being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote. Prime minister Michel Barnier committed to not cutting reimbursements for medicines, his office said in a statement. Source link
China launched its first rocket from a new commercial space site on Saturday night as the country attempts to expand its presence in a business currently led by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The rocket successfully placed two experimental satellites into orbit, China Central Television reported. Source link
Ukraine’s parliament canceled Friday’s plenary session due to the threat of a possible attack on Kyiv’s government district, according to lawmakers. While the Ukrainian capital is attacked near-daily by Russian forces, this is the first such move by the legislature in recent months. It follows alerts issuedBloomberg Terminal by several embassies this week due to…
Russia’s government is reducing payments made to soldiers suffering lesser injuries in the war on Ukraine as the costs of the invasion pile up. Following an order from President Vladimir Putin to review the payouts, the government introduced a three-tier scale with compensation depending on the level of injury, according to a decree signed Wednesday….
China is cutting taxes for home purchases, as the government tries to put a floor under falling prices and sustain an improvement in housing transactions. The nation cut home purchase deed taxes to 1% for first- and second-house buyers of flats of 140 square meters and below, from a current level of as much as…
China is urging the Czech government to play an active role in helping resolve the trade dispute with the European Union over electric vehicles, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Commerce’s website on Sunday. The EU last week decided to impose tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles from China, a…
Chinese stocks in Hong Kong slipped as traders took profit following gains of more than 30% from a September low. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell as much as 3.1% on Thursday, set to snap a 13-day run of gains, with tech shares as the biggest drag. The Hang Seng Index also fell more…