For Jebin Tuladhar, the past two years have been like walking a tightrope as he tried to steer Shanti, the Indian restaurant chain he manages in Boston, through the pandemic.

American companies ended the year on a strong note but are worried about resurging Covid-19 infections, although supply issues are expected to ease, according to a survey released Monday.

China’s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns.

The world’s 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic as poverty and inequality soared, a report said on Monday.

As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 sweeps the United States, empty supermarket shelves have become the latest sign of the pandemic’s ongoing disruption to the country’s supply chains.

Cubans are no strangers to queuing for everything from bread to toothpaste, often standing for hours under a blazing sun with no access to a toilet or drinking water, and always with the fear of leaving empty-handed.

Towering above Liberia’s ramshackle capital Monrovia stands a hotel that once symbolised an African dream yet today lies in ruins, a legacy of brutal conflict.

Emerging economies should gird for possible rough times as the US Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates and world economic growth slows because of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the IMF warned Monday.

The US economy added only 199,000 jobs in December but the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, the government reported Friday, a mixed ending to a year spent recovering from the mass layoffs caused by Covid-19.

Sri Lanka unveiled a $1.1 billion targeted relief package Tuesday to help consumers pay soaring food costs as an economic crisis bites.

The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it will extend its flexible access to emergency funding for an additional 18 months to help nations severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The sea of Bulgarian buses parked outside a market in Turkey’s historic city of Edirne betrays the scale of the currency crisis impeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s path to a third decade of rule.

The July Riots and our third coronavirus lockdown combined to make Q3 a miserable one for our economy, and Ramaphosa’s record now looks bleak.

The 27 member states are historically divided on the issue because national pay systems and minimum wages vary widely

The 3 month operation involved some 400 banks and financial institutions reporting some 7 000 suspicious transactions to international police

While Tel Aviv became the most expensive city in the world to live in, Johannesburg did become one of the ‘biggest movers’ up the rankings.

The US reserves, held in underground depots in Texas and Louisiana, are the largest emergency supply of oil in the world

The UK annual rate jumped to 4.2%, hitting the highest level since November 2011, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement

Britain Finance minister Rishi Sunak said the “proposals will support the future strength of the UK as a global financial centre”

“Africa has the done the least to cause climate change yet this report shows it will face the most severe consequences. […]”

The Suez Canal accounts for roughly 10% of global maritime trade and is a source of much-needed foreign currency for Egypt

The sanctions were first imposed two decades ago, targeting political leaders, government officials and selected state-controlled companies.

Kano is one of a dozen predominantly Muslim northern Nigerian states where sharia law is enforced alongside common law

Weah, also offered the Liberian teen a scholarship until masters’ level, and named him a so-called “integrity ambassador”

“Lockdowns have been the sole option for containing the virus,” said IMF Africa chief Abebe Aemro Selassie