Energy is one of the most essential elements that humans depend on to survive. It is indispensable for economic development.

The dollar shortage has become acute in countries like Egypt, Nigeria, Iran, Angola, Uzbekistan and South Sudan, among many others...

The recent announcement by the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) that global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have passed a symbolic threshold assumes special significance in the light of the next major United Nations climate change summit meeting on November 7 in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Tokyo is in the midst of a construction boom, with old high-rise office and apartment buildings being rebuilt in more modern and elegant forms, all while maintaining stringent environmental standards.

My best friend, who is 10 years younger than me, recently showed me the scar from the quadruple bypass that he had a few weeks ago. He almost didn’t make it, but now he’s up and doing business, maybe just a little slower.

Alice Newton was just eight years old when she gave Harry Potter his big break. Her publisher father asked her to read the first book in J K Rowling’s Hogwarts series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, to test its appeal.

Anyone coming to Pakistan can be taken by surprise at the resilience on offer. For instance, the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces an impending lockdown in the federal capital Islamabad this week.

It took a long time for widening inequality to have an impact on politics, as it suddenly has done in recent years. Now that it is a central issue, national economic priorities will need to shift substantially to create more equitable, inclusive economies and societies.

High-level parleys over the next few weeks will be crucial to restoring stability in the global oil market even as major exporters led by Opec are meeting in Vienna in late November to discuss and finalise a production-cut agreement.

The Paris Agreement signed within the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2015 has entered into force in record time.

The European Union has always been good at hammering out 11th-hour compromises, but this week’s wrangling over its free trade deal with Canada, blocked by a region of 3.6mn people, raised questions over the bloc’s ability to face the world united.

QUESTION: I am a 39% shareholder in a Doha-based company which is running at a loss. Is it possible to carry forward the tax to the next year if the company suffers losses?