ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said Pakistan will be included in top 25 economies of the world under...
LONDON: Developing economies stand to win an extra $21 billion if they improve girls' health and sex education, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Friday wrapped up a historic trip to Asia, where he sought to deepen US involvement by boosting ties to former adversaries in the region.
ROME: Italy's health minister is proposing doubling a 'baby bonus' incentive for couples to have more children to combat what she calls a catastrophic decline in the country's birth rate.
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said that it expects global commodity prices, important for emerging economies, to remain weak through 2016, with returning Iran exports holding oil down.
NEW YORK: Oil prices finished the first day of 2015 trade lower as disappointing manufacturing data from the US, China and Europe kept pressure on the beaten-down commodity.
SINGAPORE: Oil tumbled to new multi-year lows in Asia on Monday, extending a sharp sell-off last week in response to OPEC's decision to maintain output despite a supply glut and plunging prices.
WASHINGTON: Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 economic powers said Friday they remained confident about the global economy, despite renewed weakness in areas like the eurozone.
WASHINGTON: The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola could drain billions of dollars from economies in West Africa by the end of next year if the epidemic is not contained, the World Bank said in an analysis on Wednesday.
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders are set to end weeks of wrangling over top jobs in Brussels and agree on Saturday on who will fill key posts in EU institutions that face major challenges from a combative Russia and a stuttering economy.