Economy & Business
Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade
A civilian cargo ship sailing from Ukraine reached Istanbul on Thursday in defiance of a Moscow blockade that sent tensions soaring after ...Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan’s education sector
When war in Sudan’s capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and ...Russia pounds Ukraine’s grain, UN warns of hunger from price rises
Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practised seizing ships in the Black ...Meta takes aim at Twitter with Threads app, millions join
Meta Platforms (META.O) on Wednesday launched a direct challenge to Twitter with Threads, garnering millions of users in hours as it sought to take ...Iran, Venezuela eye trade increase, sign petrochemical deal
Iran and Venezuela want to increase bilateral trade to $20 billion, up from $3 billion, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday ...US Congress averts historic default, approves debt-limit suspension
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what ...UN concerned by lack of grain ships going to one Ukrainian port
The United Nations expressed concern on Monday that Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny) has not received any ships since May ...Indonesia, Iran sign preferential trade agreement
The leaders of Indonesia and Iran on Tuesday signed a preferential trade agreement to expand economic relations during an official visit by ...G7 offers Ukraine long-term support, Zelenskiy laments Bakhmut ‘tragedy’
Leaders of the world’s richest democracies said on Sunday they would not back down from supporting Ukraine, in a warning to Russian ...Zelenskiy joins Japan G7 as democracies take aim at Russia and China
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought his call for support against Russia’s invasion to a Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday to Japan, ...