India’s economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the April to June quarter, official data showed on Monday, quelling fears that the Iran war would derail growth in Asia’s third-largest economy.

The country shipped merchandise worth $9.15 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year

But the amount remained below $3 billion for third straight month

This represents about 20 percent of Venezuela's massive reserves, which are the largest in the world. That could be a major boost for US reserves.

China, Japan and South Korea saw factory activity expand in August on solid demand for chips, computers and other AI-related products

The latest bout of strikes between the foes has further stoked worries about inflation that has put pressure on central banks to hike interest rates, which has in turn jolted equity markets

John Ternus takes over as Apple’s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.

Oil prices rose more than 3.5 percent on Monday after the US attacked an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran said it had retaliated, as their conflict extended into its sixth month.

The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 49.8 in August

Brent crude futures climbed $2.51, or 2.85 percent, to $90.61 a barrel

British businesses turned the most confident since March this month, bolstered by a ​rosier view of the economy, according to ‌a survey that echoes other signs of an improving outlook.

Nepal may need $4 billion to $5 billion to rebuild after this week’s devastating floods, Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters on Saturday, a bill equal to nearly a tenth of the economy.

Six months into the US-Israeli war with Iran, governments across Europe and Asia are scrambling to accelerate a renewables build-out in a bid to cut dependence on fossil fuel imports, providing a fresh impetus to the global energy transition.

The government repaid nearly three times more in foreign loans than it received in July, mainly due to lower loan disbursements.

Fresh loan disbursements also fell a massive 83 percent year-on-year to $14 million in July

The level of total US employment as of March is now estimated to be 79,000 jobs lower than previously estimated

Recent US Treasury interventions to prop up the Japanese yen and to lower longer-term US borrowing costs were particularly concerning

The United States will have majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven reserves in what President Donald Trump described Friday as "the biggest oil deal in world history."

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves.

Six months into the Iran war , the world’s most powerful oil alliance, OPEC+, finds itself in an unfamiliar position: unable to influence a market it once helped shape.