“ What we are still seeing[ …] is a huge number of casualties related to hostilities, so shrapnel injuries, gunshot wounds, crush injuries from buildings that collapse.... But Casey insisted the WHO and other UN organisations were “ constantly trying to reach the areas in greatest need ”.... “ Every day we line up our convoys, we wait for clearance( from the warring parties) and we don’t get it, ” he said....

The need for redefining the role of the state and the government for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth cannot be over-emphasised.... Secondly, does the solution lie in return to a highly centralised system or wider dispersal of authority and responsibility?... Looking at the historical legacy, the centralisation at the cost of democracy and the corresponding command economy led to the collapse of the Soviet empire....

Join our Whatsapp channelThe US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year on an import surge triggered by President Donald Trump’s tariff plans, although he pinned the blame squarely on his predecessor. The sharp increase in imports was a reflection of businesses and consumers stockpiling foreign goods to get ahead of Trump’s sweeping trade levies, which went into effect earlier this month. All three major Wall Street indices fell on the economic news, with the Nasdaq

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Charlene, 43, has admitted to PEOPLE that the past year has been “ trying ” due to a number of health issues she has faced. The Princess travelled to South Africa in mid-May but soon after arriving in the country, she began to experience complications following a sinus lift and bone graft procedure which she had undergone prior to her trip away. Both of these procedures had been undergone in preparation for dental implants which were due to take place soon after the Princess returned home. But d

The US Gross Domestic Product shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 per cent in the first three months of 2022 as concerns about a recession rise. The news comes as President Joe Biden is trying to stave off concerns about inflation.... Mr Biden also mentioned how consumer spending, business investment and residential investment increased.... The US Bureau of Economic Analysis found that an increase in Covid-19 cases related to the Omicron variant caused restrictions and disruptions at businesses in

It will get worse if the country incurs twin deficits – both a budget deficit and current account deficit.... This was more than offset the RM28. 9bil of profits and dividends repatriated back to home by the Malaysian companies investing abroad;( ii) The repatriation of dividends and profits earned on portfolio investment in domestic equities, investible funds and bonds amounting to RM16. 5bil per year.... The views expressed are the writer’s own....

KABUL( Reuters)-In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes.A few months ago, before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement seized power in August, she employed more than 80 people, mostly women, across three different textile workshops." In the past, we had so much work to do," said Noori, who was determined to keep her business running in order to em

“ It appears that for the calculation of the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP, new GDP numbers with the base year of 2015-16 have been used for July-Dec versus last year’s fiscal deficit that was on the old base( 2005-06), ” said a research note by Topline Securities on Thursday. The government recently revised up the GDP number by about 16pc to Rs55tr for 2020-21. Calculating the deficit for the first half of the preceding fiscal year on the basis of the new GDP number results in the balan