WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to address crises from Gaza to Afghanistan
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday appealed for $1.5 billion in funding to respond to the health needs of millions of people caught up in dozens…
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday appealed for $1.5 billion in funding to respond to the health needs of millions of people caught up in dozens…
(Reuters) – Commercial banks should prepare to borrow more readily from central banks to limit contagion in times of stress and discourage runs by depositors, an expert regulatory panel said…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Climate change, worsening armed conflicts, growing debt-loads and shrinking international support will accelerate humanitarian crises worldwide in 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Defence ministers and officials from the United States, China, Russia and Southeast Asia gathered in Indonesia on Thursday for a meeting where they are expected to discuss…
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the flames of war burn in the Middle East and Ukraine, the U.S. Congress is immobilized by a brawl among…
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) – As U.S. regulators start to overhaul the way they police lenders after three banks failed this year, they will have to address examiners’ hesitancy to…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European Union banks’ plans for surviving a major crisis without having to tap central bank money will undergo intense scrutiny next year, the bloc’s…
By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Abdoulaye Diallo is paying over 50% more to fill up his “thiak-thiak” motorbike taxi in Keur Mbaye Fall, a suburb of Senegal’s capital Dakar,…
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The World Bank will press for more grants and new capital from member countries, even as it leverages its balance sheet to scale up…
By Joe Bavier WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Africa is struggling with the triple shock of rising debt burdens, an ongoing food crisis and climate change fallout and needs more help from…
(Reuters) – Markets have experienced massive upheaval in the last month, prompted in part by two of the three largest banking failures in U.S. history while Swiss lender Credit Suisse…
JAMES PINKERTON: Biden Tries To Save The World While America Is Gripped By Crises James P. Pinkerton on February 26, 2023 In Charles Dickens’ 1853 novel “Bleak House,” the character…
LONDON (Reuters) – Meetings being held in India will see top officials from the Group of 20 leading economies discuss how to help the growing number of countries now in…
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The humanitarian crises in Haiti and Venezuela that have subjected millions to hunger, violence and disease could worsen this year without more aid,…
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Banks still need to improve their risk management and learn the lessons from various crises that rocked markets in 2022, regulators at the Bank…
Tucker Carlson Rips Biden For ‘Drag Show’ ‘Distraction’ At White House Amid ‘Multiple World Historic Crises’ Harold Hutchison on December 13, 2022 Fox News host Tucker Carlson ripped President Joe…
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according…
By Maha El Dahan ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The world must act swiftly to invest in oil to prevent future energy emergencies as global demand for the hydrocarbon grows in…
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound plunged to an all-time low early on Monday as international investors reacted to plans laid out by the country’s new prime minister and finance minister…
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Byzantine, politicised or just plain stupid, European Union fiscal rules have been called many names and changed many times. Now the EU is starting…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and its member states agreed on Monday to speed up plans to establish an EU fleet of firefighting aircraft, after rampaging…
SEOUL – South Korea’s top financial regulator unveiled on Tuesday a draft plan for supporting distressed financial companies to prevent failures, rather than waiting to bail them out after they…
By Marc Jones LONDON – A senior official at the World Bank has ramped up its calls for changes in sovereign debt laws so governments have more control when crises…
By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira has lost nearly a quarter of its value this year as soaring inflation and the central bank’s reluctance to raise interest rates stoke…
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS -The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned on Friday that countries focused on helping Ukraine should not ignore other crises, which were likely to worsen…