International insurance and risk management firm Allianz Trade has upgraded Azerbaijan’s country risk rating from C1 to B1, citing shifting global trade conditions and disruptions linked to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Ratings agency Fitch has put Euroclear Bank on “rating watch negative”, citing potential legal and liquidity risks stemming from the European Union’s plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to fund a reparations loan to Ukraine.

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded the long-term issuer credit rating and senior unsecured debt rating of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) from “BB-” to “BB.”

S&P Global unexpectedly downgraded France’s credit rating, citing political instability as a threat to the government's efforts to stabilize its finances. The downgrade affects the euro zone’s second-largest economy.

Meta Platforms (META.O) announced on Tuesday that Instagram will soon introduce a PG-13 style rating system for teenage users, as part of new safety measures aimed at protecting people under 18.

Tokyo stocks continued to move downward on Monday as concerns over the financial market impact of a recent U.S. credit rating downgrade by Moody's weighed down investors' sentiment.

Germany needs to overcome its structural weaknesses if it wants to keep its AAA credit rating in the long term, Eiko Sievert, executive director at European ratings agency, Scope Ratings, told Reuters in an interview, News.az reporters.