TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his ...

The central bank's decision follows six successive monetary policy meetings at which the policy rate was raised.So far this year it implemented a 100-basis-point (bps) hike in May and a 150 bps increa ...

The southern African country's repo rate had been at 7.75% since June 2023.Namibia's inflation was at 4.6% in July in annual terms, the same level as in June but down from 4.9% in May. ...

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled to neighbouring India last week after student-led protests against her spiralled into some of the worst violence in the country since its 1971 independence f ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - One of the biggest movies to hit China's cinemas this summer tackles several of its biggest economic pain points: an uncertain job market, downward mobility and the hardsc ...