Global economic outlook has ‘darkened significantly’: IMF
The warning comes just months after the IMF already cut its global growth forecast for 2022 and 2023.
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Pacific leaders struggle to keep focus on climate at key summit
A sudden exit by Kiribati from the forum sparked concerns about a fracturing of the Pacific's closely held unity, which gives small island states heft in global climate…
Reverberations of the Ukraine war in Asia
Russia’s launch of its powerful military against a weaker nation provides China with a precedent.
Amid Ukraine war, Russian Parliament to hold extraordinary session
President Putin used a meeting with parliamentary leaders on July 7 to dare the United States and its allies to try to defeat Russia in Ukraine.
‘Flurona’: Possible to contract double whammy of Covid-19 and influenza
A doctor said that co-infection of Covid-19 and influenza could cause complications in diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Biden’s Middle East mission is not just about oil
There is also the matter of Iran and the makings of a joint defence umbrella involving Israel and the Arab monarchies.
Jokowi turns G-20 into platform for peace despite low expectations
With low expectations, and despite the personal danger, it was a trip that the Indonesian leader – and currently the president of the Group of 20 – had to make.
Amid ongoing Ukraine sanctions, Putin will have to choose either butter or guns
The sanctions have been effective, leaving Russia with no choice but to import many high value-added products that it does not manufacture.
G20 to the rescue?
This year's G20 Summit in Bali will be a test for the grouping on whether it can offer hope in a dark moment in the world's history.
Moscow turns the screws on foreign, including Asian, firms
President Vladimir Putin's officials are intent on shutting out foreign firms, their actions in Sakhalin projects show.