IMF’s World Economic Outlook update: Gloom and uncertainty
A tentative recovery in 2021 has been followed by increasingly gloomy developments in 2022 as risks began to materialise, according
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Türkiye unblocks way towards Finnish and Swedish Nato membership
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye – the new official name of Turkey, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and Prime
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EU signs deal with Israel and Egypt on export of natural gas to Europe
The European Union signed on June 15 a trilateral memorandum of understanding with Israel and Egypt for the export of
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World Bank sees raised risk of stagflation
Compounding the damage from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy,
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UN bodies warn of looming widespread food crises
United Nations bodies the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have issued a stark warning
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UN General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on April 7 calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human
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World Bank mobilises emergency financing package of more than $700M for Ukraine
The World Bank board of executive directors approved on March 8 a supplemental budget support package for Ukraine, called Financing
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American Citizens Abroad launches 5-Day ‘Voice Your Vote’ challenge encouraging overseas voting
American Citizens Abroad (ACA), the Washington DC-based non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organisation representing Americans living and working overseas, has launched its
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Covid-19: IMF sees global economy contracting sharply in 2020 ‘worse than in 2008/09 crisis’
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 per cent in
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