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WADI NAHLEH, Lebanon — Two weeks before he was supposed to get married, Bakr Seif told his mother he was going out to see his fiancee and would be back …
As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy Read More
As the Beijing Winter Olympics get underway, all eyes are on China. There has been lots of coverage about China’s chilly relationship in the west and its persecution of the …
As China welcomes the world to Winter Olympics, its economy is ever more isolated from the west Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) has now closely matched or even surpassed humans in what were previously considered unattainable areas. These include chess, arcade games, Go, self-driving cars, protein folding and much more. This rapid technological progress has …
Humans v AI: here’s who’s better at making money in financial markets Read More
LONDON — The Bank of England increased the key interest rate by 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent on Thursday, the first time since 2004 that it has implemented consecutive rate hikes. Of the …
Bank of England ups rates Read More
The European Union on Thursday announced it had lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China’s behavior toward EU member state Lithuania, a move Beijing has dismissed as …
EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania mistreatment Read More
Early last year, after winding down a long-term work contract in Hong Kong and relocating to England, for the first time in 20 years, I found myself with plenty of …
The Great Resignation has morphed into the Great Sabbatical Read More
A funding crisis battering China’s big property developers could start to shake the wider economy and global markets, the IMF warned on Friday, saying deeper reforms were needed to fully …
IMF warns China’s property stress poses spillover risk Read More
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s rich and poor alike are experiencing surges in inflation, official data showed on Friday, although soaring food and energy prices mean low-income households stand less chance of …
UK’s rich and poor face similar inflation – but different economic pain Read More
Algeria is facing a multifaceted crisis, one of the most serious since the North African country gained independence in 1962. Boiling social and economic unrest has combined with continuing political …
The ‘potato crisis’ at the heart of Algeria’s imploding economy Read More
The ‘throwaway global economy’ is fuelling climate change, according to a new report from Circle Economy, showing more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials have been consumed since the 2015 …
Report: ‘Throwaway global economy’ is fuelling climate change Read More