Global poverty has fallen to a record low. The World Bank says 10 percent of the world's population lived on less than $1.90 a day in 2015.
Tourists are shying away from Iran, while locals are not spending their money either, both of which have had a negative effect on the country's economy.
CNBC's 'Squawk Box' team discuss North Korea allowing international nuclear inspectors to come into the country and developments after the leaders of South Korea and North Korea met.
President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods Monday night.
The Russian defense ministry blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria.
More people are being born in the world's poorest countries, which could halt the decline in the number of extremely poor people and possibly even cause the number to increase, Bill and Melinda Gates wrote in their second "Goalkeepers" report.
Those tariffs will rise to 25 percent at the end of the year as Trump escalates a trade conflict with the world's second-largest economy.
A mummified wolf pup and caribou believed to have walked Earth over 50,000 years ago were discovered with tissue and fur intact, USA Today reports.
A drawn-out bidding war for one of the entertainment industry's most coveted assets will be decided by a sealed bids auction, unless there is a best-and-final offer by the end of the week.
President Donald Trump is looking to impose 10 percent tariffs Chinese imports, below the 25 percent level previously floated by the administration.
As the U.S. and China weigh their next steps on trade, the CEO of Lenovo is calling on both countries to work out their differences.
The Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment firm is among more than a dozen bidders seeking to buy the bulk of Abraaj's private equity funds.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to hold a third summit next week in Pyongyang.
"We will have new easing (of capital controls) very soon," Euclid Tsakalotos was quoted as saying in an interview with Naftemporiki newspaper.
The ministers said they were "stepping up the dialogue" on international trade disputes, according to the statement issued at the summit.
The founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon believes Bank of England Governor (BOE) Mark Carney is "completely wrong" over the potential impact of a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
A member of a Russian group that opposes Putin is in "serious condition" in the hospital after a suspected poisoning, The Financial Times reports.
As home to most of the oil production facilities for OPEC's second-largest producer, Basra in crisis could have a material impact on oil output and prices, analysts say.
Two Russians appeared on state television on Thursday, saying they had been wrongly accused by Britain of trying to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter in England and that they had visited Salisbury in March for tourism.
A video of a small, dead rat — boiled, gelatinous and with its stunned arms outstretched — fished out of a vat of bubbling broth has shocked China, and sent shares of a popular restaurant chain plummeting, The New York Times reports.
The escalating trade spat between the United States and China is impacting the autos sector with car-makers finding it tough to plan longer-term projects, Martin Daum told CNBC.
Italy's coalition government looks like it will be sticking to European fiscal rules but tense relations and rivalries are fast developing within the cabinet.
Many of these rising companies are cash rich and maintaining top positions in their respective industries is more important to them, HKEX's Charles Li told CNBC.
Stocks rose on Wednesday bank shares got a lift from higher interest rates. Sentiment on Wall Street was also boosted as investors bet that a trade war between the U.S. and China will not be as bad as previously feared.
European stocks ended Wednesday's session relatively upbeat, as investors shook off concerns surrounding escalating trade tensions.
Beijing retaliated by slapping duties on approximately $60 billion of U.S. goods after the Washington imposed tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports.
Port wine's second-largest export market is the United Kingdom, and the impending British exit from the EU is throwing port's almost 50 million euros' ($58 million) worth of annual business there into doubt.
The escalating trade spat between the United States and China is impacting the autos sector with car-makers finding it tough to plan longer-term projects, Martin Daum told CNBC.
European stocks were muted at the market close on Tuesday, as investors mulled over the recent announcements from the U.S. and China in their tit-for-tat trade war.
The World Economic Forum, which runs the annual conference of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, is launching a hub in Beijing for government officials, businesses and academics to come up with suggestions for future tech policies.
The Bank of Thailand is likely to keep interest rates on hold this week, according to strategists who spoke to CNBC.
Those tariffs will rise to 25 percent at the end of the year as Trump escalates a trade conflict with the world's second-largest economy.
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