Options traders are betting the currency will weaken to as much as 9.5 to the dollar by the end of the year
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport after her grandmother’s warning
BoE holds main rate at 0.1% and sticks with quantitative easing plan
Philippines has worst Covid-19 outbreak in Southeast Asia after Indonesia
Top diplomat Samantha Power warns that military action won't resolve the situation
US president to issue executive order establishing the new goal as carmakers say they are counting on the government’s help to meet the new vehicle targets
Lebanese president says military action demonstrates Israel’s ‘agressive intent’ towards its northern neighbour
Data compiled by Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms long-term pattern of rising temperatures
The country’s strategy of closed borders and rigorous testing is falling short
US and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller wheat harvest due to the driest conditions in decades
The UK prime minister is urging local investors to pump money into British firms
Hospitals are under strain as infections are spreading faster than before
Military leaders say South Sudan's vice-president was deposed for nepotism and undermining reforms
The US economy is making progress towards goals and Clarida expects taper announcement later in 2021
Motion in federal court says request is not valid and singles out the former president in political retaliation
The US, Brazil, Indonesia, India and Iran are reporting the most cases on a seven-day average
Industry sources warn that move may hold up financial development in country rocked by defiance of military
With climate warming the former fisherwomen diversify to survive
Police to be given powers to tap into information from phones
There has been no claim of responsibility for the strike, launched from an area of south Lebanon controlled by Iran-backed Hezbollah guerrillas
