World Economy

  • Britain's top shares fell back today from recent 14-1/2 year highs as under-pressure metals prices took their toll on mining stocks, though shares in oil major BP managed a recovery.

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  • Finance, labor and education leaders have urged a fresh approach to address unemployment in the Arab world as figures show 20 million Arabs do not work.

    The leaders have gathered in Riyadh…

  • Although the iPhone 6 is sure to steal the spotlight at Apple’s media event on Tuesday, everyone is interested to see whether or not Apple will reveal its first entry into the wearable market. You…

  • Over 1,500 kilometers long, the Yalong River flows from the Tibetan Plateau to southern China, its middle and lower reaches meandering through the narrow valleys of Sichuan province before joining…

  • The statement came on Monday ahead of the Ukraine "contact group" talks that includes representatives from Russia, Ukraine, the Vienna-based OSCE security and rights organisation and separatist…

  • “By slapping our country with new sanctions, which run counter to the text of the nuclear deal between Iran and the (Group) 5+1, the US once again proved to be untrustworthy,” Chairman of the…