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25 Jan 16
The government of Suriname has requested financial support from a number of international lenders as its economy is crippled by the fall in commodity prices.
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22 Jan 16
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has condemned a move by Israel to claim 370 acres of land in the occupied West Bank as a “violation of international law”.
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22 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund has forecast negative growth in the Latin American economy for the second consecutive year, a dip of a duration not seen since the debt crisis of 1982-3.
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22 Jan 16
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21 Jan 16
Foreign direct investment into industrialised nations pushed global FDI to an eight-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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21 Jan 16
Canada has the highest proportion of women among its senior central government officials of all the G20 countries, followed by Australia, South Africa, the UK and Brazil, according to research from...
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20 Jan 16
Global unemployment looks set to rise to 200 million people by 2017, the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation has concluded.
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20 Jan 16
Living standards in Latin America will not rise unless the region tackles its “twin challenges” of inequality and low productivity, the OECD has warned.
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20 Jan 16
The European Commission has ordered Belgium to recover €211m in funding granted to several companies, part of a global steel trading group, after finding that payments breached state aid rules.
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20 Jan 16
The United Nations special representative for Iraq has called on the international community to step up its support to the nation following revelations of a “staggering” civilian death toll and...
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20 Jan 16
The increase in refugee numbers in Europe will place extra pressure on the public purse in the short term, the International Monetary Fund has found, but could have positive economic effects in the...
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19 Jan 16
European Union member states that infringe tax-related state aid rules should not be able to keep money they recover in unpaid tax, the European Parliament has called.
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19 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its outlook for the global economy by 0.2% on projections it made in October citing intensifying risks and detrimental trends in the world’s...
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18 Jan 16
The Asian Development Bank is extending a loan to an international leasing company to up to $75m to help the firm expand badly needed funding for healthcare equipment and facilities in China.
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18 Jan 16
Sixty-two people own as much wealth as the poorest half of planet’s population combined, an Oxfam report has revealed.
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18 Jan 16
The new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank was formally opened by Chinese president Xi Jinping over the weekend.
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18 Jan 16
International sanctions on Iran were lifted over the weekend after the United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed the country had complied with obligations under the US-led nuclear accord, agreed last...
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15 Jan 16
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, less than a day after the three countries worst hit by the outbreak in West Africa were declared to be free of the virus simultaneously.
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14 Jan 16
European Union member states have fallen far short in a number of areas outlined in the European Agenda on Migration – the European Commission’s response to the refugee crisis – the commission said...
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14 Jan 16
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is neither robust or inclusive enough to support the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...
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14 Jan 16
All three of the west African countries hardest hit by Ebola are currently free of the virus for the first time since the start of the epidemic two years ago, after the most recent outbreak of the...
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13 Jan 16
The number of international migrants has grown faster than the world’s population, new United Nations statistics have revealed.
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13 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund will support Iraq in the implementation of its programme of fiscal consolidation and public financial management.
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13 Jan 16
The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
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12 Jan 16
Asylum, migration and security in the European Union will be a major new priority for bloc’s auditors this year.