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Modi’s Economic Vision Will Accelerate India’s Economic Growth To 6.5% This Year
He also stressed that the economy is back on growth track as it expanded by 5.7% and 5.3% in the se…
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Day 1: BRICS bank starts its operations in China
The bank is backed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - collectively known as BRICS…
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World Bank President Supports Narendra Modi In Ganga Clean-up Operation
Jim Yong Kim has said that the World Bank will send its best team to India to work on the pro…
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Trump reportedly promised Kim Jong Un he'd sign a declaration ending the Korean War - he didn't, and now North Korea is furious
The letter added that North Korea may resume "nuclear and missile activities" if its demands are no…
Ryan Pickrell
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Then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin intervened to block Ivanka Trump's appointment to the World Bank: report
In April 2019, Ivanka Trump told the AP she passed on leading the World Bank, expressing that she w…
John L. Dorman
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Trump says he considered his daughter Ivanka for high-level positions at the UN and the World Bank because she's 'very good with numbers'
In 2018, Ivanka partnered with the World Bank to create the Women Entrepreneur's Finance Initiative…
Grace Panetta
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Ivanka Trump is reportedly under consideration to lead the World Bank
The DC-based World Bank, founded after World War II to finance economic development projects in eme…
Grace Panetta
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The head of the World Bank is pushing a terrifying prediction for jobs in developing countries
We estimate that two-thirds of all jobs that currently exist in developing countries will be wiped …
Rachael Levy
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North Korea issues statement applauding South Korea's hospitality toward its delegates at the Winter Olympics
After North Korea agreed in January, it took several steps that, at least on the surface, appeared …
David Choi
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Mattis says he's predicting a 'bumpy road' to nuclear negotiations with North Korea this month - and that allies must stay vigilant
From left, South Korea's National Defense Minister Song Young-moo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Matti…
Michelle Mark,Associated Press
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North Korea is derailing peace talks with a letter that threatens more missile tests and nuclear activities
President Donald Trump unexpectedly canceled what was expected to be Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
Ryan Pickrell
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Trump officials and business leaders skipped out on Saudi Arabia's investment conference last year after Jamal Khashoggi's murder. This year, they're back.
Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Group pulled out of attending the three-day conference and promised …
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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World Bank Workers Are Venting Their Frustrations In These Mysterious Flyers
Staff have been incensed at President Kim's reform process, which they claim has been needlessly op…
Ben Winsor
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Indra Nooyi may be the next World Bank chief if she can clear Trump’s loyalty test
In an interview, after the Trump won the 2016 US election, Nooyi said, “Our employees are …
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A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's popular island Bali - just weeks after a tsunami and earthquake devastated the country's north
The country is still reeling just two weeks after a devastating magnitude-7.5 earthquake and subseq…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Tillerson and Mattis just laid out the US plan to handle North Korea
"We will, under no circumstances, put the nukes and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table. Nei…
Alex Lockie
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North Korea bailed at the last minute before a secret meeting with Pence at the Winter Olympics
"The president made a decision that if they wanted to talk, we would deliver our uncompromising mes…
Tara Francis Chan
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell
Congress just reached the mother of all budget deals of the Trump era. The bipartisan deal, announc…
Jonathan Garber
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An inside look at the debate around pandemic bonds, which have $425 million hinging on how deadly the coronavirus ends up being
While the World Bank touts the debt as an efficient way to connect financial markets with epidemic …
Ben Winck
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PM Modi Seeks Help Of World Bank To Cut Poverty
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested that World Bank should help India in making a visible im…