World economy

Moody’s downgrades UK’s credit outlook to ‘negative’

25 Jun 2016

In Moody’s view, the negative effect from lower economic growth will outweigh the fiscal savings from the UK no longer having to contribute to the EU budget

Pound plummets to 31-year low against dollar after Brexit

24 Jun 2016

Our entire defence is aimed at India, says Pakistan

24 Jun 2016

Cameron, Osborne the losers; Johnson, Farage triumphant

24 Jun 2016

Scotland’s ‘stay’ vote creates fresh dilemma

24 Jun 2016

It’s Brexit as UK votes to leave European Union

24 Jun 2016

While Scotland and London voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU, it was not enough to stop the ‘leave’ juggernaut that swept England and Wales, putting Prime Minister David Cameron’s future in the balance

Cameron quits as PM; Scotland, Ireland in turmoil

24 Jun 2016

David Cameron has resigned as British prime minister following the failure of his Remain campaign to win the referendum on staying in the EU

Democrats end unprecedented sit-in for gun control

24 Jun 2016

US Democrat Representatives ended an extraordinary sit-in for gun control on the floor of the chamber on Thursday, more than 24 hours after it began, in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida nightclub

New York City best place globally for women to start a business

23 Jun 2016

US slaps 500% duty on Chinese steel

23 Jun 2016

The US has slapped 500-per cent anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from China in a bid to stem the flow of low-priced steel exports from the Asian giant

Polls show ‘Remain’ has slight edge over Brexit

23 Jun 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron criss-crossed the country and talked himself hoarse on Wednesday urging voters to remain in the EU, but opinion polls said today’s race is still too close to call

India demands sanctions on new Taliban chief Akhundzada

23 Jun 2016

India has demanded that the United Nations slap sanctions against the new Taliban leader, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, in Afghanistan, saying it is “sheer folly” that the leader of a proscribed entity is not yet designated as a terrorist individual

Pak not serious about fighting terror: Afghanistan

23 Jun 2016

Outlining an alarming scenario of far-reaching international threats, Afghanistan says that Taliban and several terrorist groups were seeking "to turn Afghanistan into a launching pad against Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia and the Far East

British business sounds alarm ahead of Brexit vote

22 Jun 2016

Ghana gives a big boost to rooftop solar projects

22 Jun 2016

Brexit would be ‘madness’, insists Cameron

21 Jun 2016

British Prime Minister David Cameron has invoked increasing trade with India as part of his plea to the country to vote to remain in the European Union in Thursday’s crucial referendum