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India’s contemporary equilibrium cannot be explained through macroeconomic aggregates alone, it must be understood as a ...

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The region is seeing a boom in fossil fuels just as the impacts of the climate crisis really bite. It’s raising thorny questions about who gets to benefit from planet-heating oil.

A sign of strength for the Canadian economy on Friday as Statistics Canada reported 67,000 jobs were added in October, significantly more than analysts expected. Touria Izri breaks down the numbers ...

A Thursday report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows job cuts last month increased by more than ...

As Russia redefines its political philosophy, thinkers frame the clash with the West as a civilisational struggle ...

This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025 ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad ...