Singapore is the world’s most expensive city for luxury spending for a fourth consecutive year, as prices on items such as watches and jewelry surge around the globe.

Media reports that claim Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is attempting to steer interest rates lower aren’t accurate at all, according to Japan’s Growth Strategy Minister Minoru Kiuchi.

The founder of Avaada Group, one of India’s largest clean-energy company, is planning to borrow about $750 million from a ...