World Bank offers disaster-hit Indonesia $1bn in loansThe World Bank on Sunday announced funding of up to $1 billion for Indonesia after it was rocked by a string of recent disasters, including a deadly earthquake-tsunami that killed thousands. CEO Krist...
Tunisia fishermen turn tide to cash in on blue crab menaceTunisian fishermen saw the blue crab wreak such havoc on their catches when it first appeared that they nicknamed it after the terrifying jihadists of the Islamic State group. But now -- four years af...
US to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: MnuchinUS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that Washington wants to include a provision to deter currency manipulation in future trade deals, including with Japan, based on the currency cha...
US trade spat needs ‘constructive solutions’: China central bankJing would do its part by getting tougher on domestic copyright violators and opening up the financial services sector. His comments come a day after the IMF warned that the "window of opportunity" to...
DUP leader sees no-deal Brexit as ‘likeliest outcome’: The ObserverThe head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government is "ready" to trigger a no-deal Brexit and now regards it as the "likeliest outcome," The Observer ne...