I have listed what I consider the major fiscal/economics trends of this year. The first five are global, the next five are local or Philippine issues. 1. The government or public debt to GDP ratio ...

Explained more clearly, for Milei to seek IMF financing would be for the libertarian to not just do something very much at ...

Ukraine’s Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, lit candles with the country’s Chabad rabbis on Wednesday, marking the third wartime Hanukkah since Russia’s 2022 invasion.

No individual, no corporation, and no country ever runs out of money. Ever. What all three run out of is investor trust. The ...

More countries than ever are going through the motions, with manifestos, candidates, polling stations and returning officers.

The booming crypto-investment complex left traditional finance in the dust, Argentina’s libertarian president proved his ...

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders ...

McEwen Mining stock's rating has been upgraded to Buy: the profit margin is lifted on GEO production increases and gold ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit the US from December 24 till 29, marking the first high-level ...

Starmer’s Government had reached a deal with the former leader of Mauritius but the newly elected PM, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, ...

Read excerpts from columns that appeared in January, February and March 2024 in FP Comment. First instalment in a series.

Five weeks into the job, the jury’s out. In her first month, Badenoch has drawn comparisons with both Margaret Thatcher and ...