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TOKYO, 17th May, 2025 (WAM) – Japan's economy shrank an annualised real 0.7% in the January-March period, the first contraction in a year, government data showed, underscoring that domestic demand was ...

Pakistan is set to raise its defence budget to Rs2.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2025-26, marking a 32% increase from last ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday proposed forming three sub – groups on GDP growth, population ...

Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump’s agenda, sending ...

House Republicans are pushing a plan to tax money transfers sent by foreigners residing in the U.S. to friends and ...

Domestic and family violence is a serious, widespread and preventable problem. It has severe and long-term effects on victim-survivors, their families and the broader community. In 2022-23, 18,255 ...

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called President Trump’s 5% NATO defense spending goal “very difficult” for most ...

Romania and Bulgaria need to increase defense spending beyond 2% of GDP to strengthen NATO's southeastern flank amid ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how ...

The U.S. House has passed a 3.5% remittance tax on funds sent home by immigrants, sparking concerns over economic impact in ...

The first monthly jobs report covering a period after President Trump's "Liberation Day" is due Friday. (Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/WSJ) How is the trade turmoil affecting the American economy and U ...