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The US and Iran appear to have put talks about Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium on the back burner in an effort to end their war, with both sides suggesting it’s a subject for a later date.

Two weeks after Christine Lagarde put investors on alert that the European Central Bank is moving toward raising interest rates, a hike in June is becoming less obvious.

Donald Trump said China and the US will have a “fantastic future” in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, kicking off the first visit by a sitting US president to Beijing in nearly a decade.

The Senate narrowly confirmed Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, setting up the most controversial leadership transition at the US central bank in decades and a test of its political independence.

European Union leaders must show courage in strengthening the bloc’s foundations, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.

Oil inventories are falling around the world at a record pace and will continue to drop for months as the disruption to Middle East supplies from the Iran war intensifies, according to the International Energy Agency.

The probability that the European Central Bank will need to raise borrowing costs due to the Iran war is rising, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel.

The European Central Bank will continue analyzing the economy before deciding next month whether to raise interest rates, but policymakers must take action if the Iran war jeopardizes price stability, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.

US inflation continued to accelerate in April amid an ongoing climb in gasoline prices driven by the Iran war and a jump in the cost of groceries.

Der Iran-Krieg geht von seinem Beginn an mit großer Disruption auf dem internationalen Energiemarkt einher. Vom explodierenden Ölpreis profitieren nicht nur Ölkonzerne. Auch die Green-Tech-Branche kann mit ihren Batterien, Solarpaneelen und E-Autos punkten. Besonders China fand hier neue, energiehungrige Kunden.

The ceasefire between the US and Iran reached a particularly precarious moment Monday as President Donald Trump said the agreement was on “massive life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest peace offer.

Suppliers of batteries, solar panels and electric cars are pushing to capitalize on rising demand.

The oil market is in “a race against time” as the factors that combined to restrain price rises from the Iran war stand to come under strain if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed into June, according to Morgan Stanley.

President Donald Trump labeled Iran’s latest response to his proposal to end the 10-week conflict with the US as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE” as the two sides struggle to maintain a fragile ceasefire.

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates twice this year as the Iran war drives inflation higher, a Bloomberg survey showed.

Amid a hotly contested global race for minerals, a mining project in Slovakia illustrates the EU’s struggle to get its act together.

Beijing officially announced the date of Donald Trump’s state visit this week, publicly green-lighting the first US presidential trip to China in nearly a decade despite tensions over the Iran war.

Demand for affordable electric vehicles is soaring in Europe as the fuel price increases caused by the Middle East conflict spur lower-income households to go green.

President Donald Trump’s 10% global tariffs were declared unlawful by a federal trade court in a fresh blow to the administration’s economic agenda, just months after the US Supreme Court vacated earlier levies he’d imposed.

Germany’s vice chancellor issued a call for tighter cooperation between the European Union and like-minded nations including Canada and the UK to better protect themselves against the whims of big powers such as the US.

President Donald Trump is forging ahead with plans to hold a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping next week in Beijing, despite unease among Chinese officials about holding the high-stakes meeting before the war in Iran is resolved.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had no plans to step aside as Labour leader after early results in local elections showed Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK racking up sweeping gains over Britain’s governing party.

President Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend, after Moscow pushed Kyiv for a temporary truce to allow Vladimir Putin to host a parade in his capital.

US employers added to payrolls for a second month in April, marking the first back-to-back advance in nearly a year, and the unemployment rate held steady.

For Europe, a new cycle of Chinese rivalry heralded by its latest roadmap for advancement is forcing soul searching on how to respond.

In a matter of weeks, Europeans will begin heading off on their summer vacations — whether or not there will be enough jet fuel to transport them all remains an open question.

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Iran is evaluating a new proposal from the US to end their near 10-week war, according to a person familiar with the matter, as China added its voice to global pressure to wrap up the conflict.