Bloomberg Rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mykolayiv have damaged a terminal owned by agricultural trader Viterra. “Viterra can confirm that its Everi terminal was hit and is currently on fire,” a company spokesperson said Wednesday, adding that there were no fatalities. The terminal can export as much as 1.5 million tons of vegetable oil a year. ...

  Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized sanctions for stoking global economic pain in a speech kicking off this year’s BRICS summit, as he seeks to bolster relations with emerging markets in the wake of strained Western ties. Without explicitly naming the US, Xi said that the international community is worried that the global economy will split into mutually exclusive ...

  Bloomberg Mario Draghi is facing the biggest coalition turmoil since he became Italy’s prime minister in 2021, just as he sets out for a week of back-to-back international summits that will focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, one of the highest-profile members of Draghi’s cabinet, on Tuesday acrimoniously quit the Five Star Movement that ...

  Bloomberg China sent its third-largest sortie of warplanes towards Taiwan this year, after the US rejected Chinese claims over the Taiwan Strait and reports of arms sales talks with Taipei in Washington. Twenty-nine Chinese aircraft, including six H-6 bombers and an electronic intelligence gathering plane, entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone Tuesday, according to a tweet from the ...

  Bloomberg Brexit has reduced the competitiveness of the British economy, with alarming implications for productivity and wages, according to the Resolution Foundation. The research firm said a loss of openness since Britain left the European Union is set to leave the country poorer in the coming decade, with advanced manufacturing and parts of northern England dealt the heaviest blow. ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s de facto central bank bought the local dollar at the fastest pace on record this month to defend its currency from crossing the weak end of its trading band. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) bought HK$78.1 billion ($10 billion) so far this month, including its HK$20.8 billion purchase. The currency still continues to linger near the ...

  Bloomberg The UK government is extending a plan to sell more of its 11.3 billion-pound ($14 billion) stake in NatWest Group Plc for another year, as it looks to further reduce its stake in the lender. UK Government Investments Ltd., the body that oversees state holdings, said the extension means the trading plan is now set to terminate on ...

  Bloomberg The yen sinks to a fresh 24-year low against the dollar as risk assets rebounded and investors ventured out of havens. The currency falls more than 1% overnight and traded at 136.50 per dollar in Tokyo, its lowest since 1998. “The demand for safe haven currencies is down today and that’s weighing on the yen,” said Brendan McKenna, ...

  Bloomberg India’s rupee may extend declines to a record-low 81 per dollar by year-end due to rising prices of crude and other raw materials, according to Bank of America (BofA). The currency has already slumped more than 5% this year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent Brent crude surging to almost $140 a barrel in March. The rally in ...

  Bloomberg Stocks in Europe fall along with US futures and commodities amid ever-louder warnings that Federal Reserve monetary tightening may lead to an economic downturn. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index retreated while contracts on the Nasdaq 100 extended declines to 2% and those on the S&P 500 also dropped, pointing to a reversal from Monday’s bounce in the main ...