The Fed’s aggressive stance contrasts with those of the Japanese central bank, which has persisted with ultralow interest rates, and the European Central Bank which resisted steep rate hikes for the longest time.

The Amazon rainforest is regarded as one of the so-called tipping elements capable of destabilizing the global climate.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their meeting at the site of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in New York, on September 23, 2022.

Pope Francis on Saturday called for the world to abandon fossil fuels while speaking in the town of Assisi in central Italy.

Japan, one of Sri Lanka’s main creditors, will back the South Asian nation as it seeks to restructure about $30 billion of its foreign debt and find a way out of a crippling economic crisis, Tokyo’s envoy to the country said on Friday.

As possible shortages of workers threaten European health and care systems, policy debates now turn towards improving the sector’s working conditions with particular attention to mental health.

Polymetal shares fell 11.5 percent today after the Anglo-Russian precious metals mining company announced it was scrapping the full-year 2021 dividend due to dwindling cash flows and a lack of new sales channels.

Ahead of Italy’s snap election on 25 September, EURACTIV Italy takes a closer look at the programme of Più Europa.

As part of preparation for the UN climate change conference (COP27), Egypt’s Ministry of Environment announced on Sep. 4 a pioneer project to restore coral reefs in the Red Sea that have been damaged by human activity.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida revealed a plan Thursday to make Japan’s tax break system for small-lot investment a permanent program to draw more individual assets into markets.