World economy

Brazil Senate paves way for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment

11 Aug 2016

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's opponents had no trouble attaining a simple majority of the 81 Senate votes to begin steps to end her scandal-plagued presidency

Fresh emails show nexus between Clinton Foundation, state dept

10 Aug 2016

US productivity down for third straight quarter

10 Aug 2016

Erdogan, Putin patch up as Turkey’s rift with West widens

09 Aug 2016

Turkey’s decision to renew relations with Russia comes at a time when Ankara is reviewing its ties with the West, following an aborted coup attempt last month

Thai junta musters support for constitution in referendum

08 Aug 2016

With 94 per cent of the votes counted, 61.4 per cent of voters supported the proposal but most voters in the far north, northeast and south opposed it, according to preliminary results

China steps up pressure on Japan with South Sea activity

08 Aug 2016

Iran executes nuclear scientist on spying charges

08 Aug 2016

Nissan chief warns investments in UK on hold until Brexit negotiations

06 Aug 2016

Trump’s presidential campaign hits traffic to his properties

05 Aug 2016

Bank of England cuts Bank Rate by 0,25% to stave off Brexit effects

04 Aug 2016

BoE noted that the exchange rate of the pound sterling had fallen after UK’s vote to leave the European Union, and the outlook for growth in the short to medium term has weakened markedly

New Jersey to cut pension investments in hedge funds

04 Aug 2016

Maoist chief Prachanda elected Nepal prime minister

04 Aug 2016

Pakistani religious outfit rues absence of `jihadi verses’ in school syllabi

03 Aug 2016

UK judge rules HIV pill to prevent infection could be funded by NHS

03 Aug 2016

Warren Buffett to do whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump

03 Aug 2016

Warren Buffet has questioned Trump’s business record, his bankruptcies and asked why the presidential candidate refuses to release his tax returns

Poverty costs UK £78 bn a year: report

02 Aug 2016

Rajnath to attend Saarc meet in Pakistan despite terrorist threat

01 Aug 2016

Russian hand seen in Democratic Party hack attack

30 Jul 2016

Al Qaeda’s Syrian arm breaks away; Assad offers ‘safe corridors’

30 Jul 2016

France may ban foreign funding of mosques, says PM Valls

30 Jul 2016

Intelligence officials have admitted that they are under-resourced to deal with the potential threat from each individual, who would need up to 20 people monitoring them every day

Consumer confidence in UK suffers biggest monthly fall in 26 years

29 Jul 2016

BoJ eases policy further in quest of 2% annual inflation

29 Jul 2016

IMF’s report blasts its own conduct during Greek crisis

29 Jul 2016

Among other things, the report by the IMF watchdog says the multilateral lender persistently played down the risks of ballooning current account deficits, and neglected the danger of a sudden stop in capital flows