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Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be great football but an ugly game

The next few weeks will be a reminder of how the clash in values of the liberal West and the rich Arab states can play out in the international arena to everyone's dissatisfaction

China recalibrates policy, issues directions to rescue property sector

The move coincided with a publicly announced 20-point playbook from the National Health Commission aimed at reducing the economic and social impact of containing Covid

Inflation, Ukraine war make world economy gloomier than last month: IMF

In last month's WEO, IMF cut its forecast for global growth next year to 2.7%, from 2.9% seen in July and 3.8% in Jan, adding that it sees a 25% probability that growth will slow to less than 2%

G20 unveils global pandemic fund to avoid repeat of Covid pandemic

Funds will be used to help countries prevent future pandemics; fundraising currently at $1.4 billion

Defying history, Democrats keep Senate in win for US President Joe Biden

Democrats are now poised to hold 50 seats in the 100-member Senate, allowing them to control the agenda with the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris

COP27 what to watch: Climate progress hinges on crucial week two

Here's how week one went down and what to expect from the rest of this year's UN climate summit

G20 summit: Eight things to watch for as global leaders meet in Bali

This G20 gathering comes against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine, plus increasingly confrontation between the US and China, and tensions over oil supply between the US and Saudi Arabia.

The $14 billion feud that splintered the billionaire Hinduja family

The family has now called a temporary truce, but the long-running and rancorous dispute has put at stake the future governance of the Anglo-Indian empire

Bankrupt FTX hit by mysterious outflow of about $662 mn in past 24 hours

It's unclear exactly who's making the transactions, but you wouldn't expect to see these on-chain trades at this time: Alex Svanevik, chief executive officer at Nansen

Chinese cities reduce mass testing as nation eases Covid measures

China reported that new local cases rose to 11,323 for Friday, after daily infections climbed above 10,000 for the first time since April on the previous day

White House monitoring FTX collapse, calls for crypto industry regulation

The collapse this week of FTX dealt another blow to the cryptocurrency industry, which has seen severe volatility and bankruptcies of other high-profile firms, including Celsius Network Ltd

Crypto's most urgent question: Where will FTX's aftershock be felt?

From blue-chip venture investors to celebrity endorsements, from Silicon Valley to Washington, from lenders to yield farmers and market makers, the three-year-old firm cut a wide swath through online

How Sam Bankman-Fried fooled the crypto world and maybe even himself

The scandal has shocked the crypto players who giddily celebrated Bankman-Fried as the J.P. Morgan of their times and left them grasping for parallels

Here's what led Elon Musk to talk of bankruptcy for Twitter: Timeline

With $1.2 billion of annual interest payments from the acquisition coming due, and possibly higher with rising interest rates, Musk is in a rush to shore up cash

World's biggest democracies sound warning on Twitter blue checks

From India to Brazil and the US, officials are warning of a proliferation in fake accounts, with some saying the new system in which a blue check mark can be bought for $7.99 a month is ripe for abuse

Twitter pauses $8 subscription plan after fake accounts proliferate

Twitter Inc. suspended the $8 subscription program it launched earlier this week to combat a growing problem of users impersonating major brands, a person familiar with the move said

Twitter's hectic overhaul under Musk puts world's regulators on alert

In a rare intervention on Thursday, the US Federal Trade Commission said that it was tracking developments with "deep concern" and said that "no CEO or company is above the law"

Dollar suffers biggest plunge since 2009 as CPI smacks Fed bets

A slower pace of rate hikes could curb the dollar's rally this year which has weakened its Group-of-10 currency peers

Commercial spat on LNG between Germany, India turns into diplomatic tussle

Diplomats have been called in to try to resolve a disagreement over a cut in supplies of liquefied natural gas to India by a German-state-backed company

RBI targets selling first batch of green bonds as early as December

Reserve Bank of India, the nation's debt manager, is preparing to sell its first ever batch of sovereign green bonds as early as next month, according to people with knowledge of the matter