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The European Union is moving to hike tariffs on electric vehicles made in China

Dinesh Kumar Khara has said that deposit rates have peaked and will move southward in the medium term. The country's largest lender also said the RBI may start easing the interest rate cycle from the third quarter of the current financial year.

Toronto-based digital asset company DeFi Technologies is set to launch a validator node on Core Chain and stake nearly $100 million in Bitcoin (BTC).

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After a period of relative uniformity among major monetary authorities, it’s suddenly fashionable to talk of divergence in the path of interest rates. Unfortunately, this easy description papers over some important—and subtle—differences that have emerged over the past year. Such course corrections are healthy.

Divya Varma A Vienna-based privacy campaign group filed complaints in 11 European countries against Meta, saying the global tech giant’s planned privacy policy change would allow “unlawful” use of personal data for artificial intelligence technology.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen, local media said. Police confirmed «there has been an incident with the prime minister» and that a 39-year-old man was arrested Friday. He is expected to face a custody hearing Saturday, police said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that there were «no immediate military threat» against any member of the alliance, after the Kremlin has accused the West of potentially escalating the war in Ukraine.

On Thursday, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde announced a widely anticipated cut to the bank’s key interest rate.

It follows a similar decision by central banks in Canada, Switzerland and Sweden, and is the first cut since the ECB's interest rate was negative.  The decision to cut rates came despite an uptick in inflation in the eurozone, which increased more than expected to 2.6% in May, up from 2.4% in April. «Based on an updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission, it is now appropriate to moderate the degree of monetary policy restriction after nine months of holding rates steady,» the ECB said. At the s...

European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in five years on Thursday but kept investors in the dark about its next move given increasing uncertainty over inflation after a sharp slowdown in the past year.

Sveriges Nationaldag. As per Google, on this day in 1523, Gustav Eriksson Vasa became Sweden's first king after leading the nation to independence from foreign rule.

The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday, marking a significant turning point in the central bank’s efforts to tame inflation.

Spotify raised prices for its premium plans in the United States on Monday, the latest step by the Swedish music-streaming service in its push to increase margins. On a monthly basis, Spotify has raised prices of its individual plan to $11.99 from $10.99, duo plan to $16.99 from $14.99 and its family plan to $19.99 from $16.99 in the U.S.

Jimmy Donaldson who is popularly known as MrBeast attacked the music company T-Series on his social media accounts after becoming the most subscribed YouTuber.

Inflation in Europe accelerated by more than forecast in May, but the European Central Bank is still expected to start cutting interest rates next week.

tattoos face a 21 percent higher risk of developing lymphoma. This increased risk applies regardless of the tattoo's size, indicating that even small tattoos may contribute to the likelihood of developing this type of cancer, a recent study from Lund University in Sweden has made a surprising discovery, as per a report.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy concluded long-term security agreements with Sweden and Norway on Friday, a sign of Western commitment to Ukraine as Kyiv seeks further military support from the West in the war with Russia. Zelenskyy visited Stockholm as Western nations discuss whether to let Kyiv use weapons provided by them to strike targets inside Russia. The security deals with Sweden and Norway bring to 15 the number of agreements Kyiv has signed with Western nations. Under the latest deal, Sweden will transfer two ASC 890 surveillance aircraft — seen as crucial for identifying incoming cruise missiles and drones and identifying targets in the air and at sea — as well as its entire stock of armoured tracked personnel carriers. But Stockholm will not yet transfer Saab Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine. Sweden joined the Western military alliance this year and does not have such jets.

The boss of Swedish financial technology startup Trustly says an initial public offering for the company is still a year or two away from happening, even after a 51% jump in operating profit.

Sweden will give $1.23 billion in military aid to Ukraine, in its largest donation so far

Sweden will donate two radar surveillance and command aircraft to Ukraine to boost its defences in the war with Russia, the Swedish government said on Wednesday, as part of its largest aid package to Ukraine so far worth about 13.3 billion Swedish crowns ($1.3 billion). The Saab Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASC) 890 aircraft allows easier long-range target identification and will help Ukraine with the planned introduction of F-16 fighter jets donated by other Western countries, Sweden said. «They will complement and reinforce the F-16 systems,» Defence Minister Pal Jonson told a press briefing in Stockholm.