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China’s Xi tells Taiwan opposition leader unification an ‘inevitability’

Meeting in Beijing with Chinese president first of its kind in a decade

John M Fife and the warm embrace of death-spiral financing

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China’s factory gate prices exit deflation after Iran war shock

Producer price index for the world’s dominant manufacturer turns positive year-on-year for the first time since 2022

The $20bn+ exodus from private credit

Groups including Apollo, Ares and Blackstone faced a surge of redemption requests in the first quarter

Annuities look more attractive as Iran war stirs inflation fears, say advisers

Benefits of a fixed and stable income set to play more prominent role in retirement planning

EU boosts imports of Russian gas as Middle East crisis squeezes supplies

The bloc took 97% of the cargoes from the vast Yamal LNG project in Siberia in the first three months …

Iran war will leave a long-term ‘scar’ on Wall Street, investors warn

Commodity prices and bond yields unlikely to return to pre-conflict levels quickly

Nato split over US access to European bases in Iran war

Donald Trump irate at France and Spain’s refusal to authorise use of military facilities

Now would be a great time to send US ambassadors to the Middle East

At a time when many question American leadership, there’s an underrated value in simply showing up

Iran ceasefire undercuts Netanyahu’s election pitch

Military campaign backed by Israeli public falls short of prime minister’s aims ahead of polls

China’s Alibaba shifts towards revenue over open-source AI

Move may affect a global developer community that relies on Qwen models from the Chinese company