Brexit and trade disputes push bank’s policy uncertainty index to record high, says report

Russia’s leading internet company says it’s committed to data privacy as it responds to reports that the national intelligence agency is pressuring it into handing over encryption keys.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending her government’s advocacy of creating “European champions” in business in the face of sharp criticism from Germany’s main industry lobby group.

Australia cuts benchmark interest rate to new record low of 1.25% in 1st rate change in almost 3 years.

A new U.N. report says people in all major cities across the Western Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution that are reducing their life expectancies, as the region is still heavily reliant on burning coal to generate power.

Britain petrochemical giant Ineos says it is investing $2 billion to build three new plants in Saudi Arabia.

Russia’s communications regulator says that Tinder is now required to provide user data to Russian intelligence agencies.

Venice, Budapest collisions refocus attention on safety of cruise ships navigating urban waterways.

New Delhi – The United States has been tightening the screws on several allies in an escalating global trade battle. India is its latest target.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced the South Asian country’s removal from a special trade program, saying it had “not assured the United States that India will provide equitable and reasonable access to its markets.” The program, known as the Generalized System of Preferences, exempted Indian goods worth more than $6 billion from import duties in 2018, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Here’s what’s at stake, and why the two countries still need each other.

Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules.