China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

As the U.S. retreats from global leadership, BRICS is emerging as a pragmatic platform for countries seeking greater autonomy ...

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.3%, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a “significant ...

A map, built using international debt data from the World Bank, shows countries that owe public and publicly guaranteed external debt to China at the end of 2023.© Newsweek/World Bank ...

To my mind, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the sole aim of wiping its democracy off the map and absorbing ...

India’s move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty and divert Kashmir’s river flows has sparked alarm in Pakistan, resistance in ...

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THE Philippines' improved ranking in the 2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook is an indication of the country's ongoing commitment to regulatory reform and enhancing public sector performance, the Anti ...

Iran's threat to block the world's most vital oil transit point has raised fears of major global economic consequences.

It matters no more to the world, whether one is right or wrong or whether international law or territorial integrity have ...

Priya Agarwal Hebbar, non-executive director, Vedanta and chairperson, Hindustan Zinc says India possesses significant reserves of rare earth elements and is in a strong position to become a key playe ...