WASHINGTON — Shocks related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the war in Ukraine mean the world is unlikely to meet a longstanding goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank said in a new report ...
Now that Liz Truss is Prime Minister the scrutiny of her speaking performances will be even more intense than it was during the leadership contest. Chris Arning, Toastmasters International a public speaking club analyses our new PM’s speaking style and compare ...
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization (WTO) forecast a slowdown of global trade growth next year as sharply higher energy and food prices and rising interest rates curb import demand, and warned of a possible contraction if the war in ...
As predicted, and as we wrote about yesterday, oil prices continued to climb in anticipation of an OPEC+ production cut. Reports confirmed today that OPEC+ will cut production by 2 million barrels a day. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which ...
In this special presentation from StockCharts TV‘s The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen highlights the unique characteristics of a new bull market, along with the precise signals that alert you to when it’s safe to invest for the long term. She also reviews ...
Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox is set to pocket more than $2 million from the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk. Baroness Lane Fox, who sits as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, holds 34,000 Twitter shares and ...
The UK government has announced it is temporarily reintroducing the Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG) due to the continuing delays in manufacturing supply chains, including the conflict in Ukraine and the global semiconductor shortage. The grant will be applied to all ...
TAIPEI — China has destroyed a tacit agreement on military movements in the Taiwan Strait by crossing an unofficial “median line” running down the waterway, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Wednesday. While acknowledging the end of the tacit understanding ...
WASHINGTON — US President Joseph R. Biden promised a new $625-million security assistance package to Ukraine on Tuesday, prompting a warning from Moscow that such a move risked a direct military clash between Russia and the West. The US package ...
SEOUL — South Korea and the US military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea’s (NK) launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as the United Nations Security Council prepares to meet over what was Pyongyang’s longest-range test. Nuclear-armed ...