Zelle, a US peer-to-peer payment service, will expand to India, its first international market, and launch a US dollar-backed stable coin, ZelleUSD, amid continued growth and ongoing legal scrutiny over fraud concerns.
Taiwanese pork products, specifically "Original Flavor Sausages" from Taisuco, have begun exporting to Singapore on May 11, 2026, marking a significant return to the international market after achieving disease-free status for Foot-and-Mouth Disease, African Swine Fever, and Classical Swine Fever in April 2026.
China is implementing nationwide social insurance reforms to allow more employees to qualify for benefits like pensions and medical coverage, regardless of their household registration. Experts anticipate this will boost urbanization, the real estate market, and consumer spending.
China's State Council announced new measures allowing workers to enroll in social insurance in their cities of employment, regardless of hukou registration. This reform aims to create a unified national market and address challenges for its 357 million migrant workers.
China's State Council held a meeting on May 21 to discuss advancing the construction of a unified national market. The meeting emphasized strengthening institutional frameworks, high-standard market facility connectivity, and breaking down barriers to unleash market vitality, aiming to foster high-quality development and a new development paradigm.
Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) remains a leader in global defense cooperation, citing growing international orders, including discussions for Su-57 fifth-generation aircraft deliveries to foreign customers.
Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everythingEwan Gibbs is a historian of energy at the University of GlasgowFirst it was Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now it is the blockade of the world’s petroleum artery in the Gulf. For the second time in four years, Britain is facing an energy crisis that has been made much worse because of the absence of preparation by its political leaders.The fact is that our energy politics were conceived for a world where convulsive, global events were a thing of the past. The notion that it would be difficult to access supplies of oil or liquefied natural gas from the international markets did not figure in the understanding of the politicians and officials who shaped our perilous current moment. But even today, the advocates of energy sovereignty on the left and right appear to lack knowledge, understanding or power over this very foundational matter.Ewan Gibbs is a historian of energy, industry, work and protest at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland Continue reading...
A new east coast gas reserve will "drive down" prices, according to the federal government and ensure Australia is no longer "hostage" to international markets.
