Central banks’ repeated warnings that there are limits to what they can do to bolster the sputtering world economy could suggest they are about to pull back and pass the baton to governments.
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan dismissed as “frivolous” fraud charges laid against him which have shaken financial markets, saying yesterday that he would stay at his post and deliver an interim budget at the end of this month.
Rescuers in China used helicopters and a digger to free three wild Asian elephants -- including one young calf -- from a water tank where they were helplessly trapped for more than two days, state media said.
The Coca-Cola Company has officially opened its QR132mn ($36mn) Al Mana Plant — the Atlanta, Georgia-based multinational beverage corporation’s first bottling facility in Qatar.
At least two policemen were killed in coordinated attacks by an unknown group on posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh early Sunday morning, an official and police said.
US Presidential nominee Donald Trump yesterday vowed to remain in the race even as his campaign was thrown into crisis as his running mate criticised him and more than a dozen prominent Republicans withdrew support and urged him to drop out following news of a recording of him making lewd comments
As Hurricane Matthew bore down on Florida’s Atlantic coast, Richard Hatfield, who is homeless and makes ends meet by panhandling and doing odd jobs, was desperate to get inside to safety.
Sterling’s slump to its lowest in more than 30 years against the dollar last week in increasingly volatile trading has raised fears Britain’s exit from the European Union could yet trigger a currency crisis like those of 1967, 1976 or 1992.
Policemen stand guard as a girl watches an anti-India protest in Srinagar yesterday.
The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) reinsurance sector is poised to harden over the next one year as prices and premiums are slated to grow faster, according to Qatar Financial Center Authority (QFCA).
Estonia's parliament on Monday elected surprise candidate Kersti Kaljulaid as the first woman president of the tech-savvy Baltic state, breaking a month-long political stalemate.
BlackBerry announced yesterday it would halt in-house production of smartphones, marking the end of an era for the once-dominant Canadian tech firm.
