Europe

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The spectre of market contagion is haunting Europe

2026-10-07T05:15:43.000Z
The S&P Global Eurozone Services PMI rose to a 10-month high of 53.0 in September from August’s 51.6.

Eurozone business growth hits over 3-1/2-year high despite inflation worries: PMI

2026-10-05T08:29:29.000Z
Spain recorded 5,805 excess deaths attributable to heat between May 15 and Sep 30, data from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III shows.

Heat deaths in Western Europe top 34,600 during warmest summer ever

2026-10-02T04:31:25.000Z
Europe is facing a range of political uncertainties, including increasing pressure on Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, after the Alternative for Germany Party’s gains in regional elections.

Euro slides to 17-month low, hit by rates and inflation mix

2026-10-01T13:10:20.000Z
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Sep 24.

No seat, no cards at the table: Europe fears being the loser in Trump-Xi deal-making

2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
Once dismissed as occasional inconveniences, climate-related disruptions now leave holidays increasingly unpredictable and dangerous.

Travellers are reckoning with the ultimate disrupter: climate change

2026-09-29T08:32:14.000Z
In the AI race, the US has decided to push its allies into line, rather than to cultivate and offer incentives.

The Trump-Xi truce stops at AI; who gets caught in the middle?

2026-09-28T04:45:16.000Z
Sert’s managers propose to issue 40 million subscription stapled securities to relevant Stoneweg entities to raise gross proceeds of 80 million euros. 

Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust proposes internalisation of managers

2026-09-28T01:13:02.000Z
The European Central Bank has already raised borrowing costs twice and is widely expected to do so again, with markets counting on another three moves in this tightening cycle.

Europe economy more robust than anticipated, ECB council member says

2026-09-24T07:03:29.000Z
US President Donald Trump first raised the possibility of buying Greenland during his first term and never let go of the idea.

Trump once vowed to ‘own’ Greenland. He’s settled for something much less

2026-09-23T14:05:51.000Z