Author : EW News Desk Team

China’s government must adjust its one-child policy “as soon as possible” so as to deal with an aging population and a possible labour shortage, said a group of researchers...

Federal regulators in the U.S. have revealed the “living wills” of nine of the world’s largest banks, reported Reuters on Tuesday, with the “wills” detailing exactly how the government...

France’s national audit office has warned that the French economy must cut up to 43 billion euros in spending this year in order to meet its deficit targets. The...

As the European Union embargo against Iranian crude came into full effect on Sunday, a defiant Tehran has responded by introducing a draft bill that would block oil tankers...

Fed up by the bureaucracy in their own country, a group of 30 fishermen from north-eastern China have now filed a lawsuit against ConocoPhillips in a U.S.-based federal court,...

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $3 billion in fines to the U.S. Justice Department for misrepresenting drugs to consumers, reported Reuters on Monday, in what is believed...

Cash-strapped Egypt has signed a $1 billion deal with the Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank to finance its energy and food imports. Egypt’s economy has been hit by last year’s...

The European Union seems to be a step closer to resolving its 30-month long crisis after its leaders agreed on plans to stabilise the region’s troubled banks. However, markets...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down an appeal from Israel for $1 billion in bridge loan funding to the Palestinian Authority (PA) government, reported the Times of...

Bank chiefs found responsible for the collapse of their financial institutions should not be “allowed back into the industry again,” said the chairman of the U.K. Financial Services Authority...