World economy

29 Nov 2014

29 Nov 2014

UK prime minister David Cameron says lower EU migration would be a priority in future negotiations on the UK's membership to the EU

28 Nov 2014

To compete with US shale oil, production of which would be viable for a price of anywhere between $40 to $60 a barrel, OPEC has to allow for lower prices, feels Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest oil producer

28 Nov 2014

WTO on Thursday ratified a global deal - the first in its history - to ease customs rules and facilitate faster movement of trade and also address concerns of the developing and poor member nations

27 Nov 2014

25 Nov 2014

Chuck Hagel, the only Republican in the top administration, has resigned as defence secretary less than two years after President Barack Obama appointed him on the all powerful post

22 Nov 2014

The weekly said images it had obtained showed that the Chinese have built a 3,000-metre long and 200-300-metre wide island on the Fiery Cross Reef, which is in waters claimed by Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei

22 Nov 2014

Obama’s new order lets American forces execute missions against the Taliban and other militant groups threatening US troops or the Afghan government.

21 Nov 2014

Beyond negotiating an important sale of Mi-35 transport helicopters to Pakistan, Russia's move is also driven by strategic issues like countering the menace of terrorism and narcotics posed by the instability in Afghanistan

21 Nov 2014

Abe wants to consult voters regarding his strategy of further raising sales tax rates, after data showed that the economy had slipped into recession in the third quarter after an initial increase in the sales tax to 8 per cent in April

21 Nov 2014

21 Nov 2014

The reform package, forced through using executive orders, will benefit nearly five million illegal immigrants while another six million face prospect of deportation

19 Nov 2014

19 Nov 2014

19 Nov 2014

India proposes to build a Pan Pacific Islands e-network project for achieving better connectivity and coordination among the far-flung island nations

18 Nov 2014

18 Nov 2014

Trade between Australia and India currently stands at around $15 billion a year, or just a tenth of that between Australia and China

18 Nov 2014

Australian PM Tony Abbot and Narendra Modi on Monday reaffirmed their decision to improve strategic partnership between the two countries, to meet  converging political, economic and strategic interests

18 Nov 2014

17 Nov 2014

17 Nov 2014

17 Nov 2014

17 Nov 2014

17 Nov 2014

The train completed the 42.8 km trip touching speeds of up to 502 kilometres per hour

17 Nov 2014

G20 Members agreed to implement structural reforms and realign macroeconomic and fiscal policies so as to lift growth and private sector activity and achieve an annual growth rate of 2.1 per cent by 2018