By Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The World Bank is in discussions with 30 to 40 countries about potential crisis aid to help them manage energy shocks and price increases triggered by the war in the Middle East,

Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever. By Andrew Higgins and Gilles Sabrié President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr ...

Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations in the world, has become the most polluted city on the planet as it chokes under a blanket of thick smog caused by neighboring Indonesia’s wildfires.

By Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Finance officials from around the world will gather in Thailand this week under the shadow of a widening war in the Middle East, the biggest energy supply shock ever and rising interest rates that together pose daunting risks to already-sluggish global economic growth.