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CBI data showing slowdown in activity is latest sign Bank interest rate rises are slowing economy

BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western dominance in global affairs. The so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent a quarter of the global economy,…

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has severely rebuked his premier and other senior officials over their “irresponsible” response to recent flooding that inundated farmlands

Promises to get inflation and unemployment on track after decades of Mugabe rule have failed to materialise

Crustacean native to Americas is devastating shellfish production in Po delta, where it has no natural predators

The defense and economy ministers in Denmark’s centrist government have swapped places

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on…

Britain now ‘land of grotesque extremes’, say unions as wage gap widens

Labour leader says sluggish economy has driven up prices and is holding back students and apprentices

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