Europe
Costa launches EU capitals tour to seek 2028–34 budget deal
The European Council president is testing compromises on the nearly €2 trillion plan as governments remain divided over its size, priorities and funding.
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Africa
Zimbabwe opens a new land-reform chapter with three routes for disputed farms
The government will return 67 treaty-protected farms, restore 840 properties acquired in error and let 409 remaining white farmers buy occupied land, while insisting redistribution is irreversible.
Brazil
Lula campaign recasts agribusiness as central to Brazil's growth and trade
The president's new platform gives agribusiness a more explicit economic role than in 2022, promising easier credit, diversified financing, technology and greater value added to exports.
Asia
Extreme El Niño threatens Southeast Asia's water, food and urban resilience
Pacific temperatures could average 2°C above normal and drive severe drought, crop losses, haze and inflation, while governments expand pumps, irrigation, monitoring and water coordination.
Brazil
JBS and Danantara form Asia-Pacific protein venture worth up to $5 billion
Indonesia's sovereign investment arm will take 25% of a new venture built around JBS operations in Australia and New Zealand, combining $2.5 billion in equity with planned debt capacity of the same size.
India
India calls for faster policy execution as oil, AI and supply chains test resilience
The Finance Ministry tied investment and strategic autonomy to quicker implementation of domestic reforms while warning that sustained high oil prices and a possible El Niño could pressure inflation, public finances and growth.
Latin America
Argentina's Industrial Split Deepens as Mining-Linked Sectors Advance and Textiles Slide
Argentina's industrial map has become sharply uneven since late 2023, with chemicals, petroleum refining and food expanding while textiles, metal products and machinery show steep declines, underscoring the stress of an economy being reshaped by trade opening, cost pressures and limited competitiveness gains.
South African Wheat Producers Challenge Government Tariff Decision
South African wheat producers are considering a legal challenge after Trade Minister Parks Tau rejected a request to raise the domestic reference price used to calculate import protection.