The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and underwhelming medium-term growth prospects, the head of the IMF said Wednesday.

Artificial intelligence will transform industries and economies. Yet while fears are growing in the United States that spending on advanced chips and data centres is inflating an investment bubble, China may end up with the opposite problem: not spending enough to make breakthroughs at the frontier.

Investors worldwide are flocking to gold as a safe investment

Spot gold was steady at $4,037.95 per ounce as of 0439 GMT

Vietnam was designated an emerging market by a major index provider for the first time on Wednesday, a long-awaited upgrade that could accelerate foreign investment into one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economies.

When Donald Trump was elected, Indian garment exporter R.K. Sivasubramaniam thought the new US president would boost business and invested heavily in anticipation of a boom.

Gold prices broke $4,000 on Wednesday for the first time as investors piled into the safe haven over expectations for US interest rate cuts and worries over the US government shutdown.

Says, global growth to slow "only slightly this year and next"

Goldman Sachs on Monday raised its December 2026 gold price forecast to $4,900 per ounce

Thousands of fishermen across the coastal belt are enduring hardship during the fishing ban

Goldman Sachs raised on Monday its December 2026 gold price forecast to $4,900 per ounce from $4,300, citing strong Western exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows and likely central bank buying.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s recovery from its worst economic meltdown remains “uneven and incomplete” with many households yet to regain livelihoods lost during the 2022 crisis, the World Bank said Tuesday.

Sam Altman should be used to starring in bizarre fantasies by now. Thanks to OpenAI’s Sora model, the artificial intelligence company’s boss can be seen shoplifting or directing a movie set in life-like videos.

Sk Bashir Uddin made the call to the newly appointed German ambassador to Bangladesh, Rüdiger Lotz

USSEC is funded by the US soybean checkoff, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service matching funds, and industry

As the 27-nation EU pushes ahead with decarbonising industry, steel is critical for renewable energy equipment

World Bank said growth in South Asia is expected to slow sharply to 5.8 percent in 2026

Spot gold was trading around $3,960 per ounce, as of 0130 GMT on Tuesday

Gold prices touched an all-time high on Monday, soaring above the $3,900-per-ounce level, as investors flocked to safe-haven bullion amid the US government shutdown, broader economic uncertainty, and prospects of further Federal Reserve rate cuts.

Indonesian retail giant Alfamart is set to open a chain of a scaled down model of supershops in Bangladesh.