Economy

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey's central bank maintained its key interest rate at 45 percent on Thursday, marking the end of...

Tokyo (AFP) - Before Japan's asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s, stockbroker Ryuta Otsuka remembers waving a 10,000-yen...

Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve was divided in January over the risks of cutting interest rates too soon...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazil criticized the "paralysis" of the UN Security Council on the wars in Gaza and...

Cape Town (AFP) - South Africa plans to hike taxes and increase spending on social grants ahead of a general...

Mitrovica (Kosovo) (AFP) - Long lines snaked around banks in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, as ethnic Serbs waited to receive...

Berlin (AFP) - The German government slashed its growth forecast for 2024 on Wednesday, warning that Europe's largest economy was...

Paris (AFP) - Consumer watchdog Foodwatch said it was filing a legal complaint Wednesday against food giant Nestle and another...

Paris (AFP) - France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal sought to head off fresh farmers' protests Wednesday, as they resumed direct...

Patiala (India) (AFP) - Thousands of Indian farmers riding tractors prepared to resume their push towards New Delhi on Wednesday...