Global bond markets have sold off recently due to uncertainty surrounding key political changes most notably in France and Japan. Japan’s Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, resigned last week, which adds a potential shift in fiscal policy…
The sudden winding down of USAID by the Trump Administration, the linchpin of America’s annual $40 billion vast footprint in global assistance programs led to wide ranging discussion on the future of foreign aid. Africa, a major…
1. US Inflation Numbers Open the Door to a Rate Cut This MonthUS inflation ticked higher in August, with rising to 2.9%, the highest since January, and holding at 3.1%. Together with softer producer prices and a rise in , the figures…
Before I begin talking about today’s , a quick word about the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, as someone who worked 1 block from the Towers, I can tell you it’s a day I will never forget, and it’s filled with images I…
The Parliament strongly condemns the Israeli government’s obstruction of humanitarian aid, which is engineering a famine in Northern Gaza, and calls for all relevant border crossings to be opened. It calls urgently for UNRWA’s full…
Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondentAakriti Thapar / BBCWhen Shahnaz went into labour, her husband Abdul called a taxi to take them to the only medical facility accessible to them."She was in a lot pain," he says.A…
I don’t know how your tech drawers look, but mine are filled with wires I’ll likely never use again because technology has advanced quite a bit. Thankfully, USB-C seems to be here to stay since there is no wrong way to plug these…
The US economy is sending mixed signals as accelerates while labor market data shows signs of cooling. These trends complicate the Federal Reserve’s upcoming , as policymakers weigh the risks of cutting rates too aggressively against…
Wall Street this week felt like a “theatre of the doves” where every cue was perfectly timed: the rolled out the red carpet, and turned it into a full-blown runway show for Powell to stride toward . came in tame—not slain, but tamed…