Cuba’s long-ailing power supply fails

Venezuela’s public sector workers take on multiple side jobs just to get by

Argentines wage ‘mental war’ against inflation as prices double in a year

Millions of Nigerians prepare to vote amid chaotic cash shortage

Record-breaking inflation rates in the Philippines are pushing people to take on extra jobs

Protests across Peru are keeping tourists away from the country’s top travel destinations

‘We are forced to be bank robbers,’ desperate Lebanese citizens say amid financial crisis

‘How long will this continue?’: People in Istanbul see their rents double as inflation soars

‘An air of hope’: Sri Lankans see cricket as a welcome distraction from the country’s economic, political woes

India, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil

Canada’s soaring housing prices leave potential homeowners with limited choices. Local and federal govts are trying to help.

The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says

‘The best is yet to come’: Thousands of Bulgarians return home during pandemic

Monetary policy by other means: Part I

Lebanon’s political class ‘ripped off’ the country’s potential, ‘Pandora’ investigator says

Colorado joins handful of states that give financial aid to undocumented college students

Taliban takeover could mean more security challenges for Chinese projects in Pakistan

‘I want to send more money home’: Remittances are a sign of sacrifice, resilience in immigrant communities during pandemic

COVID-19 recovery in wealthy countries far outpaces the developing world, IMF warns

Seasonal workers have long faced gender and pay discrimination. Now there’s a way to file direct complaints.

India guards against China’s growing regional plans

Israel considers a second lockdown as coronavirus cases surge

Tourism in Tunisia reopens — with precautions

Canadian universal basic income experiment has been life-changing for those unemployed amid coronavirus 

Pompeo visits Israel; Europe wants a summer travel season; Lebanon counters second virus wave

Experts update predictions on economic crisis; Iraqi protesters are regrouping; Saving a trove of Viking artifacts

Policymakers rush to stave off economic collapse on the African continent

‘No fast track’ to normal when it comes to reopening economies

How the World Bank Group is helping developing countries respond to COVID-19

French pension reform is one more way to erode the social safety net, activists say

Brexit might come at the price of the union, says Economist’s editor-in-chief

Global protests gaining attention in financial markets

These Chilean women joined thousands suing for discriminatory health insurance. Can reforms fix it?

Inside the long war to protect plastic

South Korea’s latest big export: Jobless college graduates

Rust Belt jobs are still going overseas. The impact could be felt for generations.

Mexican president hopes new tax cuts will deter migration to US

Tokyo’s mom-and-pop sushi bars struggle to survive

Two economic policies likely to change with Democrats in control of House

Many immigrants have years of work experience. ‘Upskilling’ programs are helping them use that knowledge.

Chinese exporters worry more about the rising cost of doing business at home than trade wars

Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia, but it’s a risky business

St. Louis’ poorest residents ask: Why can’t our houses be homes?

After months of being targeted by Trump, Canadian dairy farmers angry at terms of trade deal

US debt is eclipsing the rest of the world. So, where have the deficit hawks gone?

Plummeting peso sinks hopes of first-time home buyers in Argentina

Greece exits bailout, but ‘shackles and the asphyxiation continue’

Economists to Trump: You’re dead wrong on tariff revenues

Bigger can be better when it comes to business

Study: Around the world, the super-rich are getting richer

US announces steel and aluminum tariffs; German cars could be next

Why China can’t meet Trump’s $200 billion trade demand

US open to tariff exemptions for more countries

New NAFTA talks aim to clear pathway to toughest issues

Hackers find the processing power they need for mining for cryptocurrencies through ‘cryptojacking’

Will automated convenience stores put South Koreans out of work?

Wages for American workers are ticking upward, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations

Business leaders are hopeful for rebounds in Iranian economy despite uncertainty from US

How will the GOP tax bill affect Puerto Rico?

Trump’s threats to pull out of NAFTA concern many in Arizona