World economy

Alarm bells ring in China as Indian exports zoom by 42%

04 Mar 2017

2008 crash to leave UK families poorer by £5,000-a-year by 2022

03 Mar 2017

Trump aims to slash Environmental Protection Agency

02 Mar 2017

Calls grow for US Attorney General Sessions to quit over Russian links

02 Mar 2017

Setback for May as UK’s upper house amends Brexit bill

02 Mar 2017

Saudi King Salman visits Indonesia in style: 460 tons of equipment, 1,000-strong entourage

02 Mar 2017

Fake copies of 'impossible to forge' new £5 notes found in circulation

28 Feb 2017

Trump vows ‘great military buildup’

25 Feb 2017

President Donald Trump vowed to make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism

‘Doomsday’ seed vault in Arctic gets 50,000 new samples

24 Feb 2017

Some 50,000 new samples from seed collections around the world have been deposited in the world's largest repository on an Arctic island built to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out global food crops

Brexit likely to see exodus of Eurpean docs from UK

23 Feb 2017

Organic food sales in UK hit 10-year high driven by young shoppers

22 Feb 2017

Trump creating deportation army, but no `round-up’ plans: report

22 Feb 2017

AI will cost jobs, Trump doesn’t get this: Mark Cuban

22 Feb 2017

Investor mark Cuban's comments come after major technology chief executives have warned about the impact of automation and AI on jobs

Oil prices to nosedive as US fills Opec gap: report

22 Feb 2017

Crude prices could plunge toward $30 a barrel — a rout of about 40 per cent from current levels — unless OPEC extends production cuts that are propping up the market

President Trump’s new immigration ban to spare green card holders

20 Feb 2017

Tony Blair urges Britons to exit Brexit

17 Feb 2017

Blair also launched a direct attack on Theresa May and senior cabinet ministers, who, he said, were highlighting the demerits of Brexit six months ago, but are now seeing it as an "opportunity"

UAW preparing ad campaign urging consumers to buy US-made cars

17 Feb 2017

US citizens stressed by current political climate: study

17 Feb 2017

Bank of England not to withdraw plastic £5 banknotes

17 Feb 2017

UK PM Theresa May rejects petition against Trump’s state visit

15 Feb 2017

Kim Jong-un’s half-brother assassinated, says South Korea

15 Feb 2017

Flynn axed for hiding details of Russian links: White House

15 Feb 2017

3 weeks of Trump: optimism on economy, worries about health

15 Feb 2017

Musician Moby claims inside dope on Russia blackmailing Trump

15 Feb 2017

California dam disaster averted as storm waters subside

14 Feb 2017