Egypt’s credit rating outlook was raised to positive from stable by Fitch trib.al/0bC6UJi

Turkey’s credit rating was upgraded by S&P Global Ratings, aided by the government’s return to more orthodox policies trib.al/ecxKjyZ

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Here are five key takeaways from the UK's local elections so far trib.al/eGNUpit

Abu Dhabi hub carrier Etihad Airways has added banks to its planned initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion trib.al/4fydANn

The International Criminal Court ordered an end to attempts to threaten its officials, days after the US and allies raised concerns that the court may issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials trib.al/kGes7cx

Nearly 100 pages of emails, photographs and videos gathered through FOIA show how federal agencies have grown more sophisticated in surveilling protesters trib.al/Dmqxr9X

“What are we missing,” asks a Wells Fargo analyst, as Apple surprised investors with a decent beat on quarterly revenue from China trib.al/n8yqkpv

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The Houthi group based in Yemen threatened to attack ships in the eastern Mediterranean as they step up their campaign of maritime assaults trib.al/D0m2rzn

The International Olympic Committee has “full confidence” in the French authorities’ ability to secure the Paris 2024 Games amid growing global protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict trib.al/F9fwsg7

Saudi Arabia is stepping up the arrest of citizens for social media posts attacking Israel trib.al/boXPzL5

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's carrot-and-stick approach to lure global banking giants is starting to pay off trib.al/UZKb422

Pre-close calls with analysts have been a tradition in markets for years.

Some investors say the practice needs to change trib.al/OekIO9I

Namibia is making its move to become sub-Saharan Africa’s leader in the race to produce green hydrogen trib.al/Kv9n4mh

Rising wages in the US are a good thing for workers, but not for inflation’s path. That makes things difficult for the Fed chair trib.al/BvzTC6D

The main question for OPEC+ is whether to continue its oil-supply cuts into the second half. But long-term issues may need to be tackled too trib.al/BopxJsn

Dubai’s stock exchange is dipping its toes into the $1.7 trillion private credit market with a new platform trib.al/NY8wjec

The fallout from Israel’s war in Gaza is rippling across the globe trib.al/Eww77qE