Browsing: Economic Conditions and Trends

BEIJING — Construction and property sales have slumped. Small businesses have shut because of rising costs and weak sales. Debt-laden…

China announced on Monday that its birthrate plummeted for a fifth straight year in 2021, moving the world’s most populous…

For the second year in a row, the World Economic Forum scrapped its annual meeting in the Alpine resort town…

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A pregnant Saudi woman, far from home, finds herself stalked by inner and outer demons. A…

“You could feel Christmas was coming,” Amanda Whiteside, a manager at Gordon’s Wine Bar in London, said of the crowds…

ISTANBUL — The list of things that Bilal, a Turkish factory worker, and his family have had to give up…

There is still a lot scientists do not know about Omicron. There is cautious optimism — but no certainty —…

MOSCOW — President Biden may have his alliance of democracies, but as a video summit on Wednesday underscored, Russia and…

The signs of Turkey’s disastrous economy are all around. Long lines snake outside discounted bread kiosks. The price of medicine,…