A new class of drugs is helping patients shed dozens of pounds at far lower risk — and generating billions in revenue for pharmaceutical companies. Here's what to know trib.al/djbmxcE

US energy magnate Harry Sargeant III secured a license to continue importing asphalt from Venezuela without breaching US sanctions trib.al/uwEilZi

French President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union must stop being naive in the face of growing competition from the US and China, and repeated calls for a “buy European” strategy in key sectors such as defense trib.al/BZZ6mUs

Hims is going all-in on weight-loss drugs with a Wegovy copycat trib.al/7sETmFt

Egypt needs to increase the price of subsidized bread to reflect its true cost to the government, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly says trib.al/AYQ4csU

An investigation into alleged insider trading in a Swedish software company ahead of a takeover offer has enveloped two employees of a private equity firm trib.al/suowICf

Ukraine is preparing for a possible initial visit from French military instructors as the government asks NATO allies to help train Kyiv’s troops to the fight against the Russian invasion, according to commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi trib.al/6fyTzij

With the fewest beef cattle in six decades now grazing US fields, farmers are breeding hybrid dairy calves to rebuild depleted herds. trib.al/p6FOnLb

Americans typically spend around 25% of their income on home mortgages, and the ratio jumps to nearly 40% for first-time homebuyers. Tell us how your housing costs fit into your budget trib.al/ShbGMVU

Investors up and down Toronto’s Bay Street are increasingly betting on a June rate cut in Canada, potentially giving a boost to Canada’s long-suffering bank stocks trib.al/jGBk1Fv

Turkish finance minister's pitch to investors, Israel's Rafah stance and Goldman's Saudi Arabia push. Read the Middle East newsletter trib.al/UviY1Gb

DoValue is close to an accord with a pool of banks for about €450 million in credit facilities, a key step to finalize a combination with Elliott’s Gardant unit, sources say trib.al/7mOn2a7

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to enter Africa with a telecoms venture, seeking to win mobile broadband customers in a high-growth market trib.al/e6AqQEo

Mehmet Simsek’s pitch is simple: “rational” policies are back in Turkey after an era of economic adventurism and crises. And that should make the country’s lira debt a sound bet for the world’s money managers trib.al/oubmwtm

Mozambique’s central bank became the first in Africa to cut rates for a third straight time this year trib.al/jGiCSaj

Europe’s shrinking population has long raised concerns about its economic prospects. But for some, it’s turning into big business. trib.al/VN6vxt2

China’s big housing rescue aims to build on smaller efforts that are already under way – and struggling to get traction trib.al/t6DMJ2H

Zimbabwe says more than half of its population will need food aid until March after the El Niño weather phenomenon resulted in a drought that decimated the nation’s corn crop trib.al/zygPY1f

Romania’s Mugur Isarescu, the world’s longest-serving central bank governor, is poised to be confirmed for a new five-year term trib.al/IuIvSD1

Pakistan’s new government is hoping to inject some fresh momentum into projects that fall under China’s Belt and Road Initiative trib.al/GHvNdEB