Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to head the WTO, was the only candidate in the race, and had been all but assured a second four-year term

The latest PMI reading marks the second straight month of expansion -- indicated by a figure above 50 -- after a five-month run in negative territory that ended in October.

Sri Lanka had already seen deflation of 0.8 percent in October and 0.5 percent in September

Global real average wage growth has started to rise again as inflation progressively eases, ILO report finds

45.8 million euro will come as technical cooperation and 135 million euro as financial support

The banks are: FSIBL, SIBL, Exim, National, Union and Global Islami

The conglomerate is not alone in facing increasingly long delays in signing up buyers for the renewable electricity capacity which is now being developed in coal-dependent India - the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

China’s coal consumption could peak by 2025 as the world’s top consumer of the fossil fuel ramps up its push for clean energy, a report published on Wednesday said.

Corruption’s long history in India explains the country’s failure to live up to its growth potential. US bribery charges against tycoon Gautam Adani should therefore provoke some soul-searching among the capitalist elite. The danger, however, is that businesses learn the wrong lesson from the affair and grow warier of international capital markets rather than cleaning house.

India’s Adani Group conglomerate said Wednesday it had lost almost $55 billion in a stock market rout since US prosecutors last week accused its founder and other officials of fraud.

Satellites, drones, and the right policies can help countries increase revenue by up to 10 times at the local level

Adani Green's revenues of $574 million during the period from April to September this year were up 20% on the year, boosting its cash profit 27% to $313 million over that time.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it was moving to a single policy rate set at 8.0 percent, an "effective reduction" of around 50 basis points.

At least six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, were killed yesterday during clashes near Pakistan’s parliament between security forces and protesters who are demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan.

Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would honour a deal secured by its predecessor to restructure $12.55 billion in international sovereign bonds, a key condition to maintain an IMF bailout loan.

US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that “no one will win a trade war.”

The entities whose outlook has been revised to “negative” are rated “BBB”.

Both the finance and foreign ministries had been asked to review infrastructure projects awarded to the Indian conglomerate

The former and next president said on his Truth Social account that he would hammer the United States' largest trading partners in response to the illegal drug trade and immigration

"About the issue of US tariffs on China, China believes that China-US economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial in nature," Chinese Embassy Spokesperson Liu Pengyu said in a statement.