"We haven't seen this kind of debt since the Napoleonic Wars. We're getting close to 100% of global GDP in debt."
"This is actually the most dangerous moment, I would argue, not just since the end of the Cold War but in many ways since the end of World War II."
GENEVA: More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the world's poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for...
Donald Trump has blamed President Joe Biden for stubbornly high inflation during Biden's presidency.
IMF has revised up growth forecasts but medium-term prospects remain poor as globalisation goes into reverseWorld Bank official calls for shake-up of G20 debt relief schemeThe 2020s are almost halfway over and are on course to be the most difficult decade for the global economy since the 1930s. Every finance minister and central bank governor at the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington last week knows that, even if they were not prepared to admit it publicly.The IMF...
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. The human rights organization’s annual report, released Wednesday, said the most
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. The human rights organization’s annual report, released Wednesday, said the most
According to Oxford Economics, global food prices are expected to decline in 2024, offering some relief for shoppers.
A Peabody Award-winning senior business editor who worked for NPR for 25 years penned a damning exposé earlier this month, confirming critics' suspicions that NPR is a Democratic propaganda machine. For speaking truth to power, Uri Berliner was suspended. He later resigned, writing, "I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay." The CEO who drove out this "EV-driving, Wordle-playing,...
Max Verstappen underlined his superiority by. Mercedes boss Wolff is seeking a replacement for Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton. But Horner was quick to shut down any suggestion Verstappen would depart
Sloss speaks to Cracked about his current show ‘CAN’T,’ cancel culture and the power of provocation
His tribute to the Australian model - in which everyone is entitled to free healthcare but the wealthy can either pay extra or take out private cover - will alarm those NHS supporters.