World economy

02 Mar 2016

Moody's today downgraded its outlook on Chinese government debt to "negative" from "stable" , citing uncertainty over authorities' capacity to implement economic reforms, due to government debt and declining reserves

02 Mar 2016

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton won seven of eleven states each on ‘super Tuesday’ to put themselves well ahead of their rivals and head for a presidential showdown

01 Mar 2016

Moderates and reformist candidates allied to President Hassan Rouhani are on course to win all 30 seats in Tehran and make strong gains elsewhere, signalling a legislature that will be amenable to pragmatic policies

27 Feb 2016

The truce for all practical purposes is limited to Moscow’s assurance to Washington that it would not bomb the "moderate opposition" in Syria fighting the Assad regime till the ceasefire holds

27 Feb 2016

Coming just a month after sanctions were lifted under Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, the outcome of the vote is being seen as a de-facto referendum on President Hassan Rouhani's government

26 Feb 2016

When the lay-offs are effected, Halliburton would have cut its workforce by between 26,000 and 27,000 employees since the peak in 2014

24 Feb 2016

The lines  in the House of Commons debate were unusually blurred, with as many as seven cabinet ministers arguing for a Brexit while Prime Minister David Cameron made a strong appeal for Britain to stay in the European Union

24 Feb 2016

23 Feb 2016

The pound sterling saw its biggest drop in more than a year against the dollar today, hours after the popular London mayor Boris Johnson (BoJo) lent his considerable weight to Brexit - Britain departing from the European Union

23 Feb 2016

Russia and the United States have announced a landmark truce in war-torn Syria, which would take effect from Saturday

20 Feb 2016

After two days and nights of negotiations, Prime Minister David Cameron now faces the equally daunting task of convincing cabinet colleagues, former supporters and British voters to stay in the EU ahead of the June referendum

19 Feb 2016

19 Feb 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron must take home a deal that he can sell to voters in a June referendum to keep Britain in the EU, but leaders of the bloc are unwilling to yield the concessions that he needs

18 Feb 2016

17 Feb 2016

16 Feb 2016

16 Feb 2016

British Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to be holding talks with the head of the European Parliament on a deal to avoid Britain crashing out of the European Union

13 Feb 2016

If the Syrian troops succeed in retaking Aleppo and sealing the Turkish border, it would deal a crushing blow to both ISIS and Syrian insurgents opposed to Assad's rule

10 Feb 2016

Apart from the results, what was remarkable about the New Hampshire campaign is that all four leading contenders – Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, John Kasich and Donald Trump – focused on the need to reform the campaign funding system

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

09 Feb 2016

Opinion polls show that if billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg contests the November election, he would get only 10 per cent of the vote but would act as a spoiler for Hilary Clinton and give an edge to Donald Trump

09 Feb 2016

Sushil Koirala was a key architect of Nepal’s first republican constitution, and his death complicates the power equations in his Nepali Congress party

08 Feb 2016

06 Feb 2016