Author: Daniel snow

A laborer loads consumer goods onto a supply cart at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India, on November 11, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIndia’s consumer inflation continued to ease in June to 2.10%, government data showed on Monday. The headline inflation rate extended its slide after dropping to a more than six-year low in May as growth in food prices continued to decline. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast June inflation at 2.5%.The consumer price index dropped for an eighth straight month in June. Inflation data offers more room to the RBI to continue relaxing its monetary policy, after…

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver a speech to army leaders at l’Hôtel de Brienne in Paris on July 13, 2025, on the eve of the annual Bastille Day Parade in the French capital. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced plans for a substantial increase in defense spending over the next few years, warning of imminent threats to France and wider Europe’s security.″Since 1945, freedom has never been so threatened, and never so seriously,” Macron said, addressing leaders of the armed forces on the eve of the Bastille Day national holiday.″To be free in…

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