International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has announced that Gita Gopinath, the Fund’s first female chief economist and director of the research department, intends to leave in January 2022 and return to Harvard...

Neera Tanden, whose bid to be White House budget chief was derailed by opposition, was named White House staff secretary, putting her in a key behind-the-scenes role. The appointment, which does not require Senate confirmation, was announced...

The government signed the share purchase agreement (SPA) with Tata Group for Air India’s divestment, sticking to the timelines that aim at transferring the airline to its new owner by the end of this fiscal. The £1.8 billion deal, which will...

Moscow: Russia increased pressure on the Taliban to create an inclusive government representing a broad spectrum of Afghan society, as it hosted their new administration at a major conference for the first time since they took power. Pakistan,...

Nairobi: Kenya has lifted a nationwide curfew that has been in force since March 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced.