Developing nations have abandoned their push to create a global tax authority during a key United Nations global development summit being held this week in...
Talks between rich and poor countries in Ethiopia, aimed at agreeing on the financing of the United Nations' bold new global development agenda, are on the...
With the explosion of the financial crisis back in 2008, many European countries thought they were facing a few tough years.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday called for "flexibility and compromise" at a development financing summit that opened in Ethiopia's capital and is...
Firms operating in Lebanon experience 50.5 electricity outages in a typical month, the third most frequent among 136 countries globally, and fewer than only...
The OECD called Wednesday for financial reforms to combat inequality and lift economic growth in developed nations.
Two South Korean women are in trouble with authorities after being caught lying about MERS to get time off work.
The launch of a free trade agreement by three African economic blocs in Egypt this week will be an important step toward a potentially game-changing common...
Just like footballers before the World Cup final, central bankers in emerging markets are readying themselves for the biggest test of their careers: the first...
The gap between the rich and poor in most of the world’s advanced economies is at record levels, according to an OECD study that also found glaring...
Thousands of teachers went on strike across France Tuesday to protest against new measures aimed at revamping the country’s creaking school system, but...
Teachers in France went on strike to protest against a proposed reform of secondary education that has become a bitter battleground for one of the country's...
Turkish automaker Tofas halted production at its main factory on Monday, as a protest against working conditions intensified and threatened to embarrass...
Binge drinking is emerging as a major hazard for the young in some countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday in its...
Australia proposed new legislation Tuesday to tighten tax loopholes that the conservative government says have allowed around 30 of the world’s largest...
Greece's leftist government offered its biggest concessions so far in a race to remove roadblocks in crunch talks with lenders on a cash-for-reforms package
Whoever wins Israel’s election next week must answer demands for relief from soaring housing prices and a high cost of living, but the days of big state...
The Association of Banks in Lebanon called on Parliament to ratify three draft laws to combat money laundering that the Cabinet already approved three years...
Western fighters in Syria and Iraq have found some of their most willing recruits in tiny Belgium, a chilling trend highlighted by the killing of suspected...
The government may handle Lebanon’s growing solid waste problem by installing incinerators across the country, but environmentalists warn this could create...