The French minister expressed anger with Belgium after Belgian police were caught driving migrants into France. Officers said they were bringing the people “in the direction they wanted to go.” French officials have issued a series of protests with Belgian authorities after having arrested two Belgian police officers caught driving 13 migrants from Belgium into France. Source Deutsche Welle
China and the Netherlands on Monday pledged to jointly safeguard multilateralism and free trade by carrying out more open and pragmatic cooperation, against the backdrop of a complicated international situation with increasing uncertainties. Source: Xinhuanet
Officials from South Korea, North Korea and the United Nations are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss disarming the tensely guarded inter-Korea border as the two countries look for ways to ratchet down military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Source: Bloomberg
Portuguese and Italian government bond yields fell on Monday, outperforming euro zone peers after Moody’s ratings agency upgraded Portugal by one notch, back to investment grade, and Italy’s budget plans came back into focus. Source Reuters
