Venezuela on edge as Maduro unveils raft of economic reformsUncertainty reigned in Venezuela on Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro unveiled a major economic reform plan aimed at halting the spiraling hyperinflation that has thrown the oil-rich, cash-poor...
Bitter pills: Erdogan’s possible remedies for Turkey crisisThe crash in the Turkish lira sparked by US sanctions has left President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing the biggest economic challenge of his one-and-a-half decades in power. The lira has recently clawed...
‘Everything is business’: Rohingya crisis presents economic opportunityCaptain Min Min, a Buddhist from Myanmar, looks on as a stream of Muslim Rohingya labourers zig-zag up narrow gangplanks hauling sacks of ginger from his boat onto Bangladeshi soil -- one of many seiz...
Robot wars: China shows off automated doctors, teachers and combat starsRobots that can diagnose diseases, play badminton and wow audiences with their musical skills are among the machines China hopes could revolutionise its economy, with visitors to a Beijing exhibition...
Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisisGhana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and vows to punish the executives responsible. Early in August, Ghana's central bank revoked th...
Hammering of copper price a worrying signal for global growthThe plunge in the price of copper by more than 20 percent since the beginning of June has worried analysts who see it as a bad signal for the global economy. The red metal has acquired the sobriquet D...