The yen is strengthening away from areas that prompted suspected intervention in recent weeks, and it’s starting to look similar to 2022 when weaker US economic data did the job for Japanese officials trib.al/UFpc16L

The French economy will continue to expand in the second quarter, according to estimates from the country’s central bank trib.al/rF8GXRZ

In today's Brussels Edition, an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves through Europe trib.al/qRL7b5W

Five things you need to know to start your day in Europe trib.al/zZ2dsB3

The real reason behind a Russian diesel export slump this year: Putin’s focus on avoiding domestic fuel shortages that could have fanned discontent trib.al/5NUalMS

It’s been four months since a liquefied natural gas tanker has passed through the narrow strait separating the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, testament to how violent attacks there have upended global energy trade trib.al/LcKORJi

Europe’s banks find breaking up with Russia is hard to do trib.al/PxDYD5S

President Gustavo Petro lashed out at Colombia’s central bank, saying that the country’s weak economic growth is due to restrictive interest rates trib.al/HVJF6dh

Major miners in China’s biggest coal hub plan to raise output to rescue the local economy, which could help reverse this year’s rare drop in national production trib.al/hkEy2iE

Texas is facing a potential electricity emergency this weekend, the fourth time in the past month the state’s grid operator has issued such a warning trib.al/CPaTpKh

Australia’s jobless rate climbed higher than economists expected trib.al/jMuCwE3

Tencent climbed by the most in more than three weeks after better-than-anticipated earnings suggested it was making headway against ByteDance trib.al/9D8ZeEO

Australia’s central bank is “closely watching” how the current supply-demand mismatch in the housing market unwinds, Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter said trib.al/UZUrXnC

China’s economy likely continued to show signs of improvement in April, buoying the outlook for recovery as policymakers ramped up support trib.al/KXgIo4J

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said it inadvertently released CPI data 30 minutes early on Wednesday trib.al/wku4uEp

Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter as consumers and companies reduced spending, underscoring the fragile nature of the recovery trib.al/f8fxyPt

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for his first visit to China of his new term trib.al/iIrNWig

Marathon Petroleum delayed repairs at its Galveston Bay refinery due to high demand and record profits. A leaky pump then caused a deadly explosion. trib.al/hqZCTdu

#5Things : S&P 500 notches 23rd record this year. Boeing has four weeks to convince the US not to prosecute. China’s stockpile of US Treasuries slides to lowest since 2009. Here’s what’s moving markets. trib.al/StHMD95

Some international schools in Hong Kong are charging up to $35,000 a year as they raise staff salaries in order to retain teacher talent after many left during the pandemic trib.al/yrMvtFQ