Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. shares slipped and the spread on its bonds has widened as the impact of a sexual harassment scandal continues to hurt the Japanese television broadcaster.

Six storms around Australia and its territories are expected to strengthen in the coming days, with one system likely to trigger life-threatening flooding in the nation’s north and three others with at least a moderate chance to form into tropical cyclones by Monday.

JSR Corp., the leading supplier of photoresists used to make semiconductors, sees the arrival of DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence model as a boon to the industry.

New housing project launches in the Thai capital fell 19% last year as prices surged and developers focused more on building expensive properties, according to an industry consultant.

And DeepSeek’s example of doing more with less is a positive market signal for Europe, which has plenty of talent even if it attracts a fraction of the venture-capital investment of the US (16% versus 57% of global funding in 2024).

The ECB is pondering the sweet spot for borrowing costs. Slow growth and falling inflation signal another cut.

President Donald Trump’s move to scale back US investments in renewable energy is spurring companies to look to Brazil as an alternative for those projects, according to Finance Minister Fernando Haddad.

Im Rahmen einer umfassenderen Überprüfung seiner weitverzweigten Geschäftstätigkeit prüft der Autobauer Mercedes-Benz Kreisen zufolge einen möglichen Verkauf seiner Leasing-Sparte Athlon.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take his hard-line immigration push to the next level despite a growing backlash over his move this week to force a resolution through parliament with backing from the far right.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would ask US President Donald Trump for a stable supply of energy when they meet, hinting at the deals that the Japanese leader may try to strike with Trump in upcoming talks.

Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton has echoed US President Donald Trump’s criticism of diversity, equality and inclusion workers in the public sector, the latest center-right leader around the world to flag a potential wind-back of progressive cultural policies.