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  Bloomberg Aid has trickled into parts of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region since federal and rebel forces declared a truce late last month after 17 months of fighting, but has only reached a tiny proportion of the millions of people who need it so far. The World Food Programme dispatched 20 trucks carrying food and other supplies to Tigray on ...

  Bloomberg Over the past few years, the US has accused China of using “debt diplomacy” to make developing nations across the world more dependent on Beijing. Yet the cases of Sri Lanka and Pakistan — both friends of China facing dire financial situations as inflation soars — show that President Xi Jinping’s government is becoming more reluctant to pull ...

  Bloomberg Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is ready to meet the protesters, who are holding rallies for the past five days and calling for the ouster of the government for its economic policies that have brought the county to the brink of a debt default. “Understanding that this is a tough time for all of us, I invite ...

  Bloomberg A Mexican truck blockade at a key Texas bridge is diverting US-bound cargoes to far-flung crossings, worsening shipping snarls and raising the specter of delivery disruptions for everything from avocados to auto parts. Truckers on the Mexican side of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge are protesting Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s stepped-up inspection effort. With commercial traffic at a total ...

  Bloomberg UK inflation surged to a 30-year-high of 7% last month, intensifying a cost of living crisis that threatens to derail the economic recovery. Consumer prices rise by 1.1% in March alone, the fastest increase on record for that month. It adds to pressure on the government and Bank of England to act, with prices set to surge further ...

Bloomberg The average price of a Toronto home dipped in March as a slight cooling of activity allowed the pace of new listings to close the gap with sales, even as the market remained heavily tipped in sellers’ favour compared with historic standards. The average home price in Canada’s largest city dipped 2.6% to just under C$1.3 million in March ...

  Bloomberg GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to buy biotech company Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion as the UK drugmaker moves to strengthen its stable of medicines to fight cancer and prepares to spin off its consumer-health unit. The pharmaceutical giant will pay $55 per share in cash for California-based Sierra, a maker of targeted therapies for rare forms of cancer, GSK ...

  Bloomberg France’s economy is slowing more than previously expected as industry suffers from soaring energy costs and worsening supply constraints following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a monthly report by the central bank.

  Bloomberg Deutsche Telekom AG paid $2.4 billion to SoftBank Group Corp. to increase its stake in T-Mobile US Inc., taking it closer to its goal of holding a majority of the US division. The Bonn-based telecommunications company now holds 48.4% of the company after buying 21.2 million shares at an average price of $113 per T-Mobile share.

  Bloomberg The economic cycle is advancing to a point where valuations may finally matter again for stock and bond investors. Fortress-like in their refusal to bend for the better part of a decade, both asset classes have come under pressure thanks to the ever-stiffening resolve of central banks to restore order to the global economy. The S&P 500 has ...