The rules governing global shipping are breaking down, according to 18 of the world’s leading maritime nations, which have warned that wars and the rapid expansion of a shadow fleet operating beyond
Russia is witnessing signs of growing political strain as President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings show a noticeable decline amid an escalating economic crisis that has been deepening since 2025. While public support
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Asia is increasingly confronting a severe economic strain as the ongoing conflict involving Iran continues to disrupt global energy and trade flows. Countries across the region, heavily dependent on imported fuel from
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India is facing mounting inflation risks as an intense heat wave and forecasts of below-normal monsoon rains add fresh economic pressure to an already strained environment marked by high energy costs. With
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Brazil is confronting a mounting household debt crisis that has left millions of families struggling to stay afloat in an economy marked by inequality, high borrowing costs, and aggressive financial expansion. According
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The head of luxury conglomerate LVMH has issued a stark warning that the escalating conflict in the Middle East could spiral into a “global catastrophe,” threatening both economic stability and the recovery
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The air campaign that once defined the escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran has faded into a tense and unstable cease-fire. Yet what has followed is not peace, but a
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Two-thirds of Singapore businesses surveyed by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) say they have been “moderately to severely” affected by the ongoing Iran war, as global geopolitical tensions continue to drive up
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The World Trade Organization’s latest ministerial meeting, held last month in Yaounde, ended not with a breakthrough but with a familiar and troubling outcome: deadlock. Once envisioned as the cornerstone of a
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The economic aftershocks of the recent US-Israel war with Iran are rapidly coming into focus, with a new analysis projecting a staggering regional repair bill of up to $58 billion. According to
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The concentration of wealth in the 21st century has reached levels so extreme that even comparisons to America’s Gilded Age fall short, according to economist Joseph Stiglitz. Speaking in an interview reported
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