World economy

Ceasefire in jeopardy as Assad vows to retake all of Syria

12 Sep 2016

Assad said he wants to replace the fake freedom the armed rebels tried to market at the beginning of the crisis, which they hoped to sustain by dollars

Gulf protests US legislation for 9/11 families to sue Saudi

12 Sep 2016

Trump camp to keep mum over Hillary’s Ground Zero collapse

12 Sep 2016

Republicans have sought to raise questions about Hillari Clinton’s fitness for office, particularly following a concussion in 2012 that resulted in a blood clot and last weekend’s collapse at the 9/11 memorial

European Central Bank president urges spending to boost growth

10 Sep 2016

ECB president Mario Draghi called on major economy Germany to boost spending even as he brushed off concerns over economic shock waves from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union

New 360-km line takes China’s high-speed rail link to 20,000 km

10 Sep 2016

EU moves to completely scrap mobile roaming charges

10 Sep 2016

Chinese army to expand cooperation with Myanmar

10 Sep 2016

US, Russia agree to all-party ceasefire in Syria

10 Sep 2016

Chinese exports declined on weak demand in August

09 Sep 2016

Despite Brexit, London tops PwC's Global Cities of Opportunity Index

07 Sep 2016

Australian economy records 25 years without recession

07 Sep 2016

Russia, Saudi Arabia agree to cooperate on oil; output cut looms

06 Sep 2016

Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Monday to cooperate in world oil markets and possibly limit output in the future, sending prices higher on hopes the two top oil producers would work together to tackle a global glut

Help govts fight corruption, black money and illicit transfers: Modi tells G20

06 Sep 2016

Thousands mourn Islam Karimov as Uzbek strongman’s body laid to rest

03 Sep 2016

With no obvious successor, Karimov's death could trigger an upsurge in Islamist violence in Uzbekistan, posing a threat to the United States, which is trying to contain the insurgency in Afghanistan as also to Russia and China

Ireland, Apple to jointly fight EU tax ruling

03 Sep 2016

Pakistan building economic corridor for China over Baloch’s dead: BRP

03 Sep 2016

Pakistan raises hell when a terrorists is shot down in India, but neither the Indian media nor international rights groups care about mass killings of innocent Balochs by Pakistani forces with help from their Chinese allies

EU says others like Apple who shift profits could also be in breach EU rules

02 Sep 2016

New Zealand sees little damage from 7.1 quake, mild tsunami

02 Sep 2016

Apple chief rejects EU tax ruling as "political crap"

01 Sep 2016

Trump reiterates ultra-hard line on immigrants, Mexican wall

01 Sep 2016

Hopes that Republican candidate Donald Trump may be softening his line on immigrants and his proposed Mexican wall were belied on Wednesday night, when he sounded more hard-line than ever

Brazil's Rousseff voted out, Michel Temer sworn in as new President

01 Sep 2016

The Brazilian Senate voted 42-36 to allow Rousseff to retain the right to hold public office - a departure from the country's law that bars a dismissed president from holding any government job for eight years