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Russian president says Moscow could end blockade of Odesa if sanctions are lifted

Central banks’ rate rises, geopolitical risk and slowing growth trigger investors’ stampede for safety

S&P 500 has best showing since November 2020 as investors bet on more dovish Fed

Industry calls for tax banding as UK government raises more revenues from oil and gas than it has in half a century

Rishi Sunak’s support for households is welcome, but windfall taxes are a bad policy

Also, Brazil’s tribes under threat, Europe develops energy back-up plan, UK reveals dire employment data

Looming by-elections could mean relief for UK prime minister is shortlived

Plus, Carl Icahn suffers defeat in his McDonald’s pig battle

Regional monopolies quizzed on why they are not funding service themselves

Plus, Blinken outlines Beijing policy and crypto’s love affair with sport

Most economists disagree with chancellor but have offered varied views on precise impact on price trends

Contraction heaps more pressure on government that insists on sticking to zero-Covid strategy

Will inventories become a global economic problem?

Biofuels and high fertiliser prices must not lead to a hunger catastrophe

First Pacific Island nation joins pact as Washington and Beijing vie for regional influence

Beijing woos nations to join its Global Security Initiative that ‘respects each other’s sovereignty’

Measures in chancellor’s £15bn package will offer ‘life raft’ to millions struggling to cope with soaring prices

Dismayed sector warns ‘multiyear’ assault on profits will ‘drive away investors’ and cut production

Chancellor’s actions deliver hot inflationary potato straight into the lap of the Bank of England.

The government has announced a £15bn package to help with the cost of living crisis