Economics
Global stocks rallied after U.S. senators advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, lifting markets from Asia to Europe and the U.S. and pushing Treasury yields higher.
President Trump proposed paying Americans $2,000 each from tariff revenues, but the U.S. Supreme Court expressed skepticism about the plan's legality, putting it at risk.
Emerging economies, notably India where tech firms distributed free chatbots and authorities promoted AI education, embraced AI as a development tool research linked to boosting real-economy revenue.
Chinese firms increasingly replaced German imports with higher-value industrial and automotive parts, while Beijing introduced a tech-talent visa and routed steel capacity into car components.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered concessions to the EU budget on Monday and promised safeguards for the Common Agricultural Policy and regions to win European Parliament support.
EU employers warned they feared renegotiation waves, chaos and data gaps as a new pay-transparency directive neared implementation, while women staged a symbolic "unpaid" protest Monday at 11:31.
German property prices surged in the third quarter of 2025, with apartment purchase prices and rents rising fastest in major cities, the Pfandbriefbanken index showed.
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche called for an "Agenda 2030" of sweeping structural reforms to boost growth, including subsidy reviews, warning it could strain ties with the SPD.
Rosalía released her new album 'Lux' in Spain, blending religious imagery and experimental sounds and prompting widespread attention alongside mixed critical reactions.
Bottega, the Italian winemaker, announced it would pay each employee €1,250, saying the government's IRPEF tax cut was insufficient and should reward regular taxpayers.
