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…as Ebola pounds DRC, threatens west, central, east Africa …World Bank says poverty, fragility exacerbate disease

PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional-services firms, just released its predictions for the most

Trafigura, Mercuria and Vitol, three of the world’s biggest oil and gas trading companies are reportedly ramping up investments in

Kenya, the world’s biggest exporter of black tea, expects production of the leaves to rise by about 20 percent by the end of the

As of mid-2017, the world’s population stands at almost 7.6 billion people and that number is growing, albeit slower than in the

Hong Kong is now the second-most expensive city worldwide for expatriates, according to Mercer’s latest cost of living survey, after

South Africa’s current account deficit widened to 2.1 percent of GDP in the first quarter of this year from a deficit of 1.7 percent

Stephen D. King’s new book, Grave New World: The end of globalisation, the return of history, is a salutary reminder that progress is

When China was still largely rural, poor, and socialist, politicians exhorted the country’s people to patriotic activities such as