Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global ...

A former Trump campaign lawyer who worked on the effort to overturn the 2020 election results has joined the administration to investigate that year’s election and voting-related issues, according to ...

If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021. Covid and the ensuing lockdowns ...

Oregon’s short-lived attempt to decriminalize drug possession in 2020 failed due to an inadequate rollout, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said. In 2020, Oregon adopted Measure 110, which ...

Gold miners endured a brutal sell-off Tuesday, with sector-wide losses hitting double digits after bullion plunged more than 5% in a single session, marking the worst trading day for the metal since ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Friday said it had launched a new tariff investigation into China's "apparent failure" to comply with the "Phase One" trade ...

Over the same time period just five years ago, in 2020, there had been more than double the number of storms compared to what we've seen so far this year. It "only takes one," though, to make ...

Chhath Puja wouldn’t be complete without the soulful Chhath Geet, which adds a significant melody and devotion to the occasion. These folk songs are sung to honour Surya Dev (the Sun God) and Chhathi ...

Government borrowing hit its highest September level since 2020 last month, according to official figures showing a leap in debt interest payments to almost £10bn, The Office for National Statistics ...

The president has placed proponents of his false claims into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of ...