UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show
The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a
August 28, 2026The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a
August 28, 2026India's industrial output growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in July, data showed on Friday, as mining activity contracted, with growth in manufacturing
August 28, 2026Global equity funds snapped a 13-week streak of inflows in the week ended August 26, as investors turned cautious ahead of an earnings report from AI heavyweight Nvidia and
August 28, 2026The Bank of Canada will keep its overnight rate at 2.25% on Wednesday and leave it unchanged for at least another year, according to a Reuters poll of
August 28, 2026Chip designer Marvell Technology's shares fell more than 8% to $221.6 in early trading on Friday as investors looked beyond the company's solid results in search of
August 28, 2026Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
August 28, 2026A Chinese court on Friday handed Jiang Chaoliang, former party boss of the central province of Hubei, a suspended death sentence over corruption and said he took in bribes
August 28, 2026U.S. retailers, manufacturers and small businesses are paying hefty fuel surcharges to ship their goods, not only as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran
August 28, 2026A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S.
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August 28, 2026The Iran war has reached its endgame: a costly stalemate.
August 27, 2026The Federal Reserve is much more powerful than it was 20 years ago, which has prompted calls for a reset in how it answers to Congress and the public.
August 28, 2026Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global expects to invest more than $200 million in Argentina this year to launch new services in smaller cities
August 28, 2026What's in a cheese name?
August 28, 2026Commodity trader Radiant World is under scrutiny as counterparties have stopped doing business with it following news that authorities are investigating a report it provided
August 28, 2026Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region that hit numerous buildings and storage depots
August 28, 2026After King Harald V’s death, what comes next for Norway’s scandal-prone royals?
August 28, 2026A political transition is underway during the late days of summer
August 28, 2026Young adults under 21 traded $5 billion on Kalshi this year, amid prediction market frenzy
August 28, 2026Italian business and consumer confidence rose in August, data showed on Friday, in a positive sign for the prospects of the euro zone's third largest economy.
August 28, 2026Germany's chemical industry saw a sharp improvement in business sentiment in August, with companies turning positive on current conditions for
August 28, 2026In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from
August 28, 2026The rise in French consumer prices accelerated in August, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday.
August 28, 2026Sudanese welder Shannan Mohammed has been building furniture for a family in Omdurman little by little as constant blackouts interrupt his work.
August 28, 2026The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly less than expected in August, labour office figures showed on Friday.
August 28, 2026Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has unveiled plans for a national dialogue aimed at easing political tensions, which have risen over a bill that
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August 28, 2026French growth flatlined in the second quarter, the national statistics agency said on Friday, revising down a preliminary reading and casting doubt on the outlook for the
August 28, 2026European shares rose on Friday, as French stocks rebounded from the previous session's selloff, while investors assessed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin
August 28, 2026Japan's government aims to keep new government bond issuance to around 40 trillion yen ($251 billion) for the fiscal 2027 budget,
August 28, 2026From the Editor U.S. President Donald Trump originally said the Iran war would last four to five weeks, but we’re now hitting the six-month mark.
August 28, 2026Far-right leader Marine Le Pen sought to woo France's business leaders on
August 27, 2026A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump
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