Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Thursday that he now had more confidence the British economy's weak start to the year reflected bad weather, comments that are likely to spur expectations of an interest rate hike next month.

Malaysia is investigating whether part of a loan from a Chinese state-owned bank for projects worth $2.3 billion was used to help repay dues of a scandal-ridden state fund, a finance ministry official told Reuters.

US car maker Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it has no plans currently to hike retail prices of its imported Ford and Lincoln models in China, despite steep additional tariffs on imported US vehicles set to come into play on Friday.

China's second-quarter economic growth is expected to have slowed slightly from the previous quarter, a Reuters poll showed, as the government's efforts to tackle debt risks crimp activity and a looming US trade war threatens exports.

The renegotiation of the Nafta trade agreement is still on track and could "accelerate" after the US mid-term elections in November, Mexico's next finance minister, Carlos Urzua, said Wednesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election gambit to sharply hike state-mandated prices for summer crops, including rice, may mean little to millions of farmers, as the government lacks the storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce.

India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, who turned the country's mobile market upside down by offering free voice calls for life, is zeroing in on a new market -- broadband internet.

Industrial orders in Germany bounced back in May after a string of setbacks, official data showed Thursday, suggesting Europe's largest economy may not face the sharp slowdown some observers feared.

A sleek "Hello Kitty" bullet train festooned with images of the global icon from Japan began services on Saturday, drawing hundreds of fans to its opening ceremony.

Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely winners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest transport service into an international foreign exchange operation that is providing much-needed dollars to the stricken Iranian economy.

The mood is tense at a nail factory in rural Missouri, where workers fear that steel tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration could cost them their jobs.

The CEO of Volkswagen, Herbert Diess, told a German newspaper the arrest of Audi head Rupert Stadler was a shock and hard to comprehend.

Iran has asked fellow Opec members to “refrain from any unilateral measures”, warning that would undermine the unity of Opec, following reports that Saudi Arabia has raised its oil production to a record high this month.

The Saarc Development Fund (SDF) will engage with top multilateral institutions from tomorrow to strengthen its financial resources for more infrastructure, economic and social projects in Saarc member-countries.

Across Rwanda, markets selling piles of cast-off clothes once worn by Americans have become the unlikely centre of a trade war that vendors say is ruining their livelihoods.

Investment in Britain's key automotive sector collapsed by almost half in the first six months of the year owing to Brexit uncertainty, industry data showed on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday confirmed it would cut tariffs on goods from five Asian nations, including soybeans, as a brewing trade war with the US could make American beans more costly.

The European Union will retaliate again if US President Donald Trump imposes more tariffs on EU goods to remedy what he calls "unfair" trade relations, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday.

Singapore refining margins, the benchmark for profitability among oil processors in Asia, fell to their lowest in two years, dragged down by lower gasoline margins as refiners have ramped up output after completing maintenance and as China stepped up exports.

With the World Cup in full swing, people around the globe are glued to TV screens -- but for some Iraqis, absorbing the full