World economy
Top Republican senator says Syrian war ‘over’
07 Jan 2017
Pak’s Raheel Sharif to head 39-member Islamic military alliance
07 Jan 2017
The security cooperation provides for training and equipping troops for anti-terror operations and for involvement of religious scholars in dealing with extremism
Russia meddled in poll, agree US intelligence agencies
07 Jan 2017
While the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation express "high confidence" in their conclusions on Russian interference in US elections, President-elect Donald Trump blames it on the Democrats and the intelligence failure
China to spend $361 bn on renewable power by 2020
05 Jan 2017
China’s installed renewable power capacity, including wind, hydro, solar and nuclear power, will contribute to about half of new electricity generation by 2020, says the country’s National Energy Administration
Trump names former Reagan administration official as USTR
04 Jan 2017
Robert Lighthizer, who was deputy US trade representative under President Reagan, would work with secretary of commerce-designate Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, head of the newly created White House National Trade Council to “strengthen” US manufacturing base and help stop the flight of jobs
UK ambassador to EU resigns
04 Jan 2017
US remittances to Mexico jump most in 10 years
03 Jan 2017
Obamacare on the block as US Congress session opens today
03 Jan 2017
Though Trump had promised to unite a deeply divided country, the first thing that his Republican party would push for is legislation to undo Obamacare, a health insurance programme which has an expected 13.8 million economically disadvantaged people enrolled in it