Chinese media say the country’s top trade negotiator has told a forum in Shanghai that “external pressures” can help the economy.

Researchers calculate that the electricity required for the virtual currency bitcoin generates as much carbon dioxide as cities like Las Vegas or Hamburg.

The new plans include a red, white and blue design with an American flag on the tail.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit and the “horror show” of the British government leadership contest are signs that Scotland needs to chart a different path, probably outside the United Kingdom.

European Economy Commissioner Pierre Moscovici is urging Italy to quickly provide any new information it might have to explain its high debt levels and or face the prospect of imminent legal action.

France’s prime minister says the government of President Emmanuel Macron plans to keep reforming the economy and will look at unemployment benefits, the pension system and tax cuts for middle-class workers.

Global investment firm KKR is set to take a stake in Germany’s Axel Springer, the publisher of the mass-circulation Bild daily among others, in what is described as a strategic partnership.

A group of retired public employees has defied Puerto Rico’s government and reached a deal with a control board overseeing the island’s finances as it works to restructure more than $50 billion in pension liabilities.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip to Tehran represents the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Wage growth beat market and economist expectations in the three months from February to April.