December2023

Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals said Friday it was laying off more than 4,000 workers after a court prohibited it from operating the largest open-air copper mine in Central America. The company’s Panamanian subsidiary said in...

Chinese exports rose in November for the first time in seven months, officials said Thursday, as the country navigates a troubled recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Overseas shipments edged up 0.5 percent on-year to $291 billion,...

Asian markets fluctuated Friday as traders tried to track a Wall Street rally ahead of crucial US jobs data, while Tokyo took a hit from an extended yen rally on bets Japan will drop its ultra-loose...

Japan’s economy contracted by 0.7 percent in the third quarter, government figures showed Friday, revising a preliminary estimate that it shrank 0.5 percent. The drop, which followed two straight quarters of growth, came on the back...

Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published today by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight. Report Card 18: Child Poverty...

Most children and young people say they have heard of climate change but only half understand what it is, according to a new UNICEF-Gallup poll, as world leaders gather at this year’s COP28. The global poll...