World economy
Fed raises rate to 1-1.25%, hints at further hike
15 Jun 2017
Fed policymakers also gave some details for how they intend to shrink their $4.5-trillion balance sheet beginning this year.
Trump ‘told lies, defamed me’, Comey tells Congress
09 Jun 2017
Testifying before a Congressional committee, former FBI director James Comey said President Donald Trump fired him in an attempt to undermine investigations into possible collusion between his presidential campaign team and Russia
May’s poll gamble fails as UK heads for hung parliament
09 Jun 2017
Despite her Conservative Party losing its majority, indications are that Theresa May intends to try and stay on as prime minister, most likely in an alliance with Northern Ireland’s pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party
New study shows important economic contributions of H-1B visas
09 Jun 2017
The US economy is strengthened by H-1B visa holders who fill key roles in enhancing organisations and supplementing the work of their US peers, rveals new study
German court nixes Merkel’s tax on nuclear power
08 Jun 2017
Trump cheers Arab isolation of Qatar
06 Jun 2017
US President Donald Trump today said isolating Qatar was the 'beginning of end' of terrorism
Bahrain, Saudi, Egypt, UAE cut ties with Qatar over terror links
05 Jun 2017
For gas-rich Qatar, which recently won a bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the move is a major diplomatic setback
Indian origin Leo Varadkar to be Ireland’s next prime minister
03 Jun 2017
Varadkar would also be the youngest among current world leaders, only to be challenged by would be Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz who is eight years younger