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The policymaker stopped just short of calling for an interest rate hike.
Russian retaliation. Russia has called on Britain to stop its “hostile actions” or face “catastrophic consequences.” A Russian Foreign Ministry
Damaged roads, disrupted services and ongoing military activity continue to put civilians at risk in south Lebanon as strikes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continue, according to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in t...
Rising borrowing costs might be weakening the currency area’s economy ahead of another expected ECB rate rise.
As Damascus continues to rebuild after more than a decade of war – from the recent dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the United States’ removal of Syria from its sponsors of terrorism list – a to...
Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
Countries with large debt burdens—France, Italy, the U.K., Japan—have come under the heaviest pressure in recent months.
The Chinese AI company said it had already launched the model globally in stealth mode for a week.
It's a sign of adoption of Huawei technology outside China, despite the U.S. restricting the company from working with American suppliers such as Google.
Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the world’s land currently faces degradation and drought, threatening the livelihoods of over three billion people, the he...
From piracy and migrant smuggling to disruptions affecting global shipping routes, countries bordering one of the world’s busiest waterways are seeking closer cooperation to stay ahead of fast-evolving maritime threats.
Our recent PIIE working paper and the subsequent Foreign Affairs article detailed how China's manufacturing export strength is curbing poorer countries' opportunities to industrialize—what we call the China Squeeze.