BLOOMBERG Honda Motor Co shares rose the most in seven weeks after the Japanese automaker forecast profit for the current fiscal year that slightly exceeded analysts’ projections and a buy back of as much as Â¥200 billion ($1.5 billion) of its own shares. Operating profit for the period through March 2024 will be Â¥1 trillion, the company said. That compares …

BLOOMBERG Thailand’s two biggest pro-democracy parties agreed to join in a coalition that would give them a clear majority in the lower house, moving to quickly maintain momentum after a stronger-than-forecast showing in the elections. The liberal Move Forward party claimed a mandate to lead after topping the polls, with party chief Pita Limjaroenrat taking to Twitter to say he …

BLOOMBERG Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged support for a coalition to help provide Ukraine with a fleet of Western-made fighter jets, although he stopped short during a surprise UK visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of promising actual aircraft. Sunak told Zelenskiy on Monday that he was “very keen to build that coalition of countries to give Volodymyr and his people …