The World in Brief from The Economist

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The World in Brief from The Economist tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.


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Trump’s Texas rally, Russia’s deal with Belarus, and more

Donald Trump, who faces possible arrest by Manhattan prosecutors, was due to address supporters at a rally on Saturday night in Waco, Texas. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 26
India opposition leader disqualified; King Charles III postpones visit to France, and more

Paul Rusesabagina, whose life inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda”, will be released from prison on Saturday, according to the country’s government * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 25
TikTok’s boss testifies before Congress; Bank of England raises interest rates, and more

Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s boss, testified before a committee of America’s House of Representatives. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 24
Fed opts for quarter-point rate increase; Zelensky visits front line near Bakhmut, and more

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point, bringing it to a range of 4.75%-5%. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 23
Putin and Xi agree to deepen ties; Yellen says more protection for deposits could come, and more

As two days of bilateral talks drew to a close, Xi Jinping, China’s president, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, committed to greater economic cooperation. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 22
Macron survives no-confidence vote; First Republic shares plummet, and more

France’s government survived two no-confidence votes, ensuring that President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms will become law. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 21
UBS buys rival Credit Suisse; Putin visits Mariupol, and more

Following a weekend of fraught negotiations UBS, a bank, bought Credit Suisse, its troubled rival, in a SFr3bn ($3.25bn) deal brokered by the Swiss government. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 20
Black Sea grain deal renewed; UBS mulls Credit Suisse acquisition, and more

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Russia and Ukraine had renewed a deal to export grain through the Black Sea. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 19
No respite for First Republic; Turkey backs Finland’s NATO bid, and more

Joe Biden, America’s president, asked Congress to expand regulators’ power to claw back compensation and capital gains from executives of failed banks * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 18
Big banks prop up First Republic; Macron gambles on pension reforms, and more

A coalition of big American banks said they will deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank, a mid-sized lender, to shore it up. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 17
Swiss central bank pledges to help Credit Suisse; banks suffer rout, and more

Switzerland’s central bank said it would provide liquidity to Credit Suisse “if necessary” after its share price plunged by 24%. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 16
Private-equity giants eye SVB’s loan book; inflation in America, and more

Several big private-equity firms—including Apollo, Blackstone and KKR—are reportedly considering acquiring pieces of Silicon Valley Bank’s loan book. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 15
Another auction for SVB; new steps for AUKUS, and more

America’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will once more try to find a buyer for Silicon Valley Bank after the first auction got no takers acceptable to regulators. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 14
Yellen rules out Silicon Valley Bank bail-out; China keeps central bank head, and more

Signature Bank, a New York-based lender, became the second financial institution to be shut down by American regulators after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 13
Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank; a fifth day of strikes in France, and more

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, an American tech-focused lender, plunged startups into uncertainty globally. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 12
Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume ties; Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank, and more

Britain will give France £480m ($577m) over the next three years to tackle the small-boat crisis * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 11
Biden’s $6.9trn budget; power restored to Zaporizhia nuclear plant, and more

President Joe Biden proposed a budget that would raise annual spending from about $6.3trn, or 25% of GDP, to $6.9trn in the next fiscal year. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 10
NATO head’s Bakhmut warning; protests erupt in Georgia, and more

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general, warned that Bakhmut, an eastern Ukrainian town that Russia has sought to capture for several months, may fall in the coming days. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 09
Powell warns of sharper interest-rate rises; Nord Stream revelations, and more

Jerome Powell, chairman of America’s Federal Reserve, said interest rates will likely have to be raised “higher than previously anticipated”. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 08
The battle for Bakhmut continues; Kevin McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s president in America, and more

Intense fighting continued around Bakhmut, an eastern Ukrainian city that Russia has sought to capture for almost nine months. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 07
In Greece; a treaty for the high seas, and more

Protesters in Greece clashed with police during demonstrations in Athens over a train crash on Tuesday which killed at least 57 people. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 06
Battle rages in Bakhmut; Fed official hints at rate rises, and more

China set a GDP growth target of "around 5%", its lowest such target in more than 25 years * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 05
Belarus sentences Nobel Prize winner; Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, and more

Alex Murdaugh, an ex-lawyer from South Carolina convicted of killing his wife and son, was sentenced to life in prison * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 04
First meeting between Lavrov and Blinken since war; protests in Greece, and more

Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Mar 03
Greece’s deadly train crash; a report on Havana syndrome, and more

Kostas Karamanlis, Greece’s transport minister, resigned after a passenger train carrying around 350 people collided with a freight train killing at least 38 and injuring more than 85. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 02
Nigeria’s election in trouble; challenges to Biden’s student-loan plan, and more

Nigeria's opposition parties rejected the result of last week’s presidential election, calling for a fresh vote to be held. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Mar 01
A deal on Northern Ireland; Yellen's surprise visit to Ukraine, and more

Rishi Sunak, Britain’s prime minister, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, struck a deal on reforming Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Feb 28
Close to a deal on Northern Ireland; dozens of migrants killed off Italian coast, and more

Downing Street announced that Rishi Sunak would meet Ursula von der Leyen on Monday. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Feb 27
China refuses to condemn Russia; polls close in Nigeria, and more

China refused to endorse a statement condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at a meeting of G20 finance ministers. Instead India, the group’s current president, released a summary document saying “most” members believed the war was causing “immense human suffering”.  * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

3m
Feb 26
A year of war in Ukraine; inflation picks up in America, and more

Germany’s economy shrank by 0.4% in the last three months of 2022, a larger-than-expected drop caused by falling consumption and reduced capital investment * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

4m
Feb 25