Category: World

The International Monetary Fund has cut its 2025 GDP growth forecast for the United States deeper than that of China, as the tit-for-tat retaliations between the world’s two largest economies … Read More

China denied it has made any overtures to the United States on trade negotiations, dismissing claims of progress on bilateral talks as “fake news” despite an apparent softening by US … Read More

The erosion of governance standards in the US shows advanced markets have more consequential political risks than many emerging economies.

With its cobbled market square and gold-domed churches, the Russian town of Vereya bears few scars of the Ukraine offensive announced by President Vladimir Putin three years ago. But even … Read More

The announcement on Easter Monday of Pope Francis’ death was met with genuine shock. Just weeks ago, he had been discharged from hospital, not with a clean bill of health … Read More

Just under five months into her job as the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas admits it has been a roller coaster start as US President Donald Trump has turned the … Read More

Artificial intelligence (AI) was struggling on Wednesday to forecast the outcome of the notoriously secretive and unpredictable process by which Catholic cardinals elect a new pope. The April 21 death … Read More

A US Army intelligence analyst was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on Wednesday for providing sensitive defence information to China, including documents about US weapons systems and military tactics and … Read More

Oasis fans wishing to see the reunited British band live in concert have collectively lost more than 2 million pounds (US$2.7 million) from UK ticket scams, mostly on Facebook, Lloyds … Read More

A top Chinese diplomat used an informal UN Security Council session on Wednesday to slam US policy under President Donald Trump as Beijing tries to capitalise on growing negative global … Read More