World economy

23 Mar 2018

Trump blames China for the loss of six million jobs and the shutting down of 60,000 factories in the US as trade between the US and China has shot up from about $115 billion in 2000 to $635 billion today

22 Mar 2018

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy claims life has become living hell since allegations surfaced of his having taken illegal money from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

19 Mar 2018

19 Mar 2018

The Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed the release of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on bail in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years in jail

19 Mar 2018

Vladmir Putin’s victory in the presidential election came as his most serious challenger was banned and amid reports of ballot-stuffing, but it gives him at least another six years in power amid increasingly strained relations with the West

17 Mar 2018

In a Kafkaesque situation, a court in Romania told Constanin Relieu he is officially dead – rejecting his claim that he is alive, though his personal appearance in court should have been evidence enough

14 Mar 2018

In a move that is bound to raise hackles in New Delhi, Iran has invited China and Pakistan to participate in the development of the strategic Chabahar port, which is being built by India for the purpose of bypassing Pakistan

14 Mar 2018

In a move that is bound to raise hackles in New Delhi, Iran has invited China and Pakistan to participate in the development of the strategic Chabahar port, which is being built by India for the purpose of bypassing Pakistan

13 Mar 2018

Trump announced the change in a tweet early Tuesday just four hours after Tillerson returned to Washington from a trip to Africa

12 Mar 2018

12 Mar 2018

China's rubber-stamp parliament, meeting in the Great Hall of the People for an annual session, made Xi the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong by scrapping term limits that would have forced him to step down after 2023

10 Mar 2018

10 Mar 2018

After a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, French President Emmanuel Macron, on a four-day visit, said New Delhi is a 'strategic partner' of France, and stability in the Indian Ocean is 'very important for the entire region'

09 Mar 2018

The United States is the largest steel importer in the world and the order could hit South Korea, China, Japan, Germany, Turkey and Brazil the hardest

09 Mar 2018

The United States is the largest steel importer in the world and the order could hit South Korea, China, Japan, Germany, Turkey and Brazil the hardest

09 Mar 2018

The United States is the largest steel importer in the world and the order could hit South Korea, China, Japan, Germany, Turkey and Brazil the hardest

08 Mar 2018

08 Mar 2018

07 Mar 2018

07 Mar 2018

05 Mar 2018

The last-ditch deal with the Social Democratic Party gives Angela Merkel four more years as Germany’s Chancellor, but allotting ministerial portfolios promises to be a thorny issue

03 Mar 2018

01 Mar 2018

01 Mar 2018

01 Mar 2018

The New Zealand police will re-examine an attempted assassination of the Queen during her 1981 tour of the country, after allegations the matter was covered up by the government and police at the time