World economy

29 Apr 2017

The new laws follow several jihadist attacks, including a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market last year that claimed 12 lives

29 Apr 2017

28 Apr 2017

While talks are still an option, Trump said North Korea “has to decide they’re ready to talk to us about the right agenda,” and that would not include pausing their nuclear programme at its current level

27 Apr 2017

26 Apr 2017

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25 Apr 2017

While there is no universal policy prescription for diverse economies at different conjunctural stages, the IMF Committee said monetary accommodation should continue where inflation remains stubbornly below target levels

25 Apr 2017

25 Apr 2017

24 Apr 2017

Mental health experts claimed the President was “paranoid and delusional”, and said it was their “ethical responsibility” to warn the American public about the “dangers” Trump’s psychological state poses to the country

24 Apr 2017

21 Apr 2017

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20 Apr 2017

While the court has ordered extensive probe into the money trail in the Panama Papers scandal, the split verdict comes as a temporary reprieve for Sharif as the court did not order his stepping down

19 Apr 2017

19 Apr 2017

19 Apr 2017

Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has launched a new project to help Americans find out where their tax dollars actually go, as it is very difficult for people to find specific information on government spending

19 Apr 2017

The IMF's new projection for 2017 is marginally higher than its last update and this improvement comes primarily from good economic news for Europe and Asia, and within Asia, notably for China and Japan

18 Apr 2017

A new poll from Gallup finds that a majority of Americans no longer view Trump as keeping his promises, with poll numbers on that question tumbling by 17 percentage points, while the numbers on his other leadership qualities are also down

18 Apr 2017

South Korean prosecutors have indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life

17 Apr 2017

17 Apr 2017

The referendum that gave Erdogan a narrow lead heralded the most radical change in Turkey’s political history since Kamal Ataturk, but has bitterly divided the nation

15 Apr 2017

China needs to show that its lack of intervention in the currency markets “to resist appreciation” over the past three years is a “durable” policy by allowing the yuan to strengthen “once appreciation pressures resume,” the Treasury said

15 Apr 2017

13 Apr 2017