The US economy shrank 0.7 percent in the first three months of 2015, compared to the same period last year.

The Russian economy will not start recovering from crisis for another year, ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday, forecasting

Japanese household spending unexpectedly fell in April while inflation and factory output were also lacklustre, a string of official data

In India's upmarket "Millennium City", labourers building luxury homes say they have little choice but to toil in the extreme heat,

The United States and Japan pressed Greece and its European partners to resolve Athens' debt crisis and avoid rattling the eurozone

India posted annual growth of 7.3 percent on Friday, overtaking China in the first three months of 2015, but analysts warned further

Cinemas, Rolls-Royces and rooms so plush they could belong in a five-star hotel: private hospital operators in India are all but rolling

Philippine economic growth in the first quarter slowed to a three-year low of 5.2 percent, well below forecasts, due to lethargic government spending

Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean fell 16 percent in 2014, reversing a decade-long growth trend as the

Etihad Airways net profits surged by more than half in 2014 to $73 million, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier said Thursday, buoyed by increased passenger numbers and further expansion into the European market.

Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden Thursday to seek ways of boosting global growth, while the Greek crisis also cast its shadow over the talks.

No longer is schmoozing over long lunches and fine wines enough; Swiss private bankers are turning to video games and virtual reality to attract a new generation of sceptical clients and see off digital rivals.

Japan cleared the way on Wednesday for a resumption of nuclear power, four years after the world's worst atomic disaster in two-and-a-half decades led to the shutdown of all the country's reactors and fuelled public opposition to the industry.

As workers gathered around a table in a cheap restaurant to discuss strike action against their shoe factory bosses, Chinese police barged in and dragged away their leaders.

Xiaomi, China's largest smartphone maker, is testing the European market with its online store offering fitness bands, headphones and power banks in France, Germany and the UK.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the country should not cut itself off from foreign investment and technologies.

Samsung Group announced Tuesday the merger of two major affiliates, as the South Korean business giant accelerates restructuring

China's yuan currency is no longer undervalued after its recent substantial appreciation, but the government should quicken reforms to get to having "a floating exchange rate", the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

Online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday it has started declaring sales in four European countries which would now be subject to local taxes, a move that could affect other multinationals under EU investigation for possible tax avoidance.

Suay Ing was nine when she was first employed as a domestic worker, cleaning for a family and sleeping in their laundry room in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai for $10 a month.