WASHINGTON – Japan has pledged to double the percentage of International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights monetary reserves that it will reallocate to poorer countries to 40%, Japanese Finance Minister
SEOUL – Every Saturday a group of young South Koreans gathers in Incheon just west of Seoul to talk about their battles with drug abuse, seeking sympathy and support
WASHINGTON – The World Bank‘s steering committee and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday called for further reforms this year to expand the bank‘s ability to respond to climate change, pandemics and other crises
SYDNEY — Australia wants exporters to diversify markets and become less reliant on China, because it cannot separate economic and strategic relationships,
BEIJING — A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in
MINNEAPOLIS Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari on Tuesday said the Fed’s interest-rate hikes and a possible pullback in lending after two
PARIS — French officials were in damage control mode on Tuesday as they tried to contain anger, division and confusion sparked by
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that lurking financial system vulnerabilities could erupt into a new crisis and slam
BERN – Switzerland’s parliament on Tuesday failed to approve the 109 billion Swiss francs ($120.5 billion) of financial guarantees used to rescue
LONDON – Wind and solar energy represented a record 12% of global electricity generation last year, up from 10% in 2021, a
