World economy

UK judge rules HIV pill to prevent infection could be funded by NHS

03 Aug 2016

Warren Buffett to do whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump

03 Aug 2016

Warren Buffet has questioned Trump’s business record, his bankruptcies and asked why the presidential candidate refuses to release his tax returns

Poverty costs UK £78 bn a year: report

02 Aug 2016

Rajnath to attend Saarc meet in Pakistan despite terrorist threat

01 Aug 2016

Russian hand seen in Democratic Party hack attack

30 Jul 2016

Al Qaeda’s Syrian arm breaks away; Assad offers ‘safe corridors’

30 Jul 2016

France may ban foreign funding of mosques, says PM Valls

30 Jul 2016

Intelligence officials have admitted that they are under-resourced to deal with the potential threat from each individual, who would need up to 20 people monitoring them every day

Consumer confidence in UK suffers biggest monthly fall in 26 years

29 Jul 2016

BoJ eases policy further in quest of 2% annual inflation

29 Jul 2016

IMF’s report blasts its own conduct during Greek crisis

29 Jul 2016

Among other things, the report by the IMF watchdog says the multilateral lender persistently played down the risks of ballooning current account deficits, and neglected the danger of a sudden stop in capital flows

Kashmir ‘unfinished business’ for Pak, says ex-envoy

29 Jul 2016

Assad offers amnesty to armed rebels in Syria

29 Jul 2016

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, delays monetary tightening

28 Jul 2016

The US Federal Reserve left its policy interest rates unchanged, saying near-term risks to the US economic outlook have diminished

Hillary creates history as first woman presidential candidate

27 Jul 2016

After Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, husband and former President Bill Clinton made a powerful speech that erased much of the negativity created by Bernie Sanders supporters

Bitcoin is not money, can’t be ‘laundered’, rules US judge

27 Jul 2016

In a case that the judge herself described as ‘fascinating’, a circuit court threw out a case built by Miami police against a bitcoin trader, ruling that the virtual currency is not money and therefore technically can’t be used for ‘money-laundering’

Bangladesh police kill 9 militants in shootout

27 Jul 2016

Miffed with Obama, half-brother Malik to vote Trump

26 Jul 2016

President Barack Obama's half-brother Malik Obama says he will vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump in the US election in November because he likes the candidate and is unhappy with his brother's leadership

Turkey holds 42 scribes in crackdown after failed coup

26 Jul 2016

Clinton campaign claims Russia behind hack attack on DNC

26 Jul 2016

10,000 homes evacuated in Southern California as wild fire rages

26 Jul 2016

Asean deadlocked in dealing with South China Sea challenge

25 Jul 2016

Pak paper slams PM Sharif’s belligerent Kashmir rhetoric

25 Jul 2016

In an unusual development, a Pakistani newspaper has criticised its Kashmir policy. Referring to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying he was waiting for the day all of Kashmir would join Pakistan, the Daily Times on Sunday urged him not to indulge in "wishful thinking"

Clinton chooses Virginia veteran Tim Kaine as running mate

23 Jul 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton has opted for experience and steadiness in choosing Timothy Kaine, a former Virginia governor and Richmond mayor, as her running mate

World economy faces growing risks after Brexit: IMF

23 Jul 2016

Munich terror: gunman mows down 9 before killing himself

23 Jul 2016

No jihadist group has so far claimed responsibility for the lone-wolf attack in which a man of Iranian origin gunned down 9 people and injured several others at a shopping mall before committing suicide