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Official results in Switzerland election show that the anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party has rebounded from searing losses four years ago to cement and expand its hold as the largest faction after the parliamentary election

The leaders of opposition parties that collectively won the most votes in Poland’s recent elections say they have agreed to form a government together

Iceland's prime minister and women across the volcanic island nation went on strike Tuesday to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said she would stay home as part of the «women's day off,» and expected other women in her Cabinet would do the same. «We have not yet reached our goals of full gender equality and we are still tackling the gender-based wage gap, which is unacceptable in 2023,» she told news website mbl.is.

Elections are shining a spotlight on struggling emerging markets, with the prospect of fresh leadership unlocking opportunities in the asset class.

Olga Berg is off to the races. Street Talk understands the handbag and headpiece designer has adviser FTI Consulting courting potential strategic buyers for the 30-year-plus brand.

PTI. "India remains standout overweight. We increase our overweight stance on Indian equities and as our most-preferred emerging market," PTI quoted a brokerage note as saying on Friday.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in the country, adding to increasingly tough talk on migration since his coalition performed badly in two state elections earlier ...

Oct. 13-19, 2023

Morgan Stanley has upgraded India to «standout overweight» citing that the relative economic and earnings growth is improving and the macro-stability setup looks sufficient to withstand the higher real rate environment. «India remains standout overweight. We increase our overweight stance on Indian equities and as our most-preferred emerging market,» the brokerage said in a note on Friday.

Olympic Games are the biggest sports events but they are mega business events too which need to be planned and executed keeping in mind all the possible costs and benefits. India, which is now trying to join the ranks of advanced economies and could become the world's third largest economy in a few years, has decided to throw its hat in the Olympics ring. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed India’s bid for the 2036 Olympics while inaugurating the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session on October 14.

Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded the European Union’s top human rights prize on Thursday. The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honor individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Germany’s state-owned railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, says it has agreed to sell its European public transport subsidiary, Arriva, to U.S.-based infrastructure investor I Squared Capital

Gaza City, where numerous injured individuals and other Palestinians were seeking refuge on Tuesday. The Health Ministry under Hamas's control stated that hundreds of people lost their lives. While Hamas attributed the incident to an Israeli airstrike, the Israeli military pointed to a rocket that had been misfired by Palestinian militants as the cause.

African Diamond Producers Association's (ADPA) opposition to the G7 diamond protocol. The G7 countries are pushing for this protocol to prevent the entry of Russian diamonds into their countries. India cuts and polishes 9 out of 10 diamonds sold in the global market and diamond exporters in the country say it is very difficult to ascertain the origin of a diamond once it is cut and polished. ADPA has written to the chairman of the Kimberley Process Certification System (KPCS) to convey its resentment at not being included in the G7 discussions held since February on the matter and has rejected the G7 diamond protocol. Russian diamonds cut and polished outside Russia are considered originating from the country that “transformed” them.

Poland’s voters delivered a clear verdict

The leader of opposition that won Poland’s parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation’s president Tuesday for “energetic and fast decisions” so that a new government could be formed quickly

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its exit from the Russian market, selling its business in the country to CommEX, a newly launched exchange. 

Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.

Projections show that the majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is declaring the beginning of a new era after three opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election to oust the governig party

European stocks and US equity futures fluctuated while Treasuries dropped as traders tracked efforts by the US and its allies to prevent further escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict.