When the German government, on 15th January 2013, asked to see around 1,536 tons of German gold stored in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York vault, which amounts to...

Despite frantic efforts by individual nations to get to grips with hair- raising levels of debt and prevent a depression, most of the major economies are in serious....

In Kigali, Rwanda, a little girl runs up to passers-by with samples from her mother’s new thriving market stall business that sells sweet potatoes, fruit, sugar, cooking...

In Kenya, a staggering 68% of adults use mobile money (by far the highest rate in the world, partly because regulation is extremely light), more than 40% also have...

VATICAN CITY - The plot involved an armed police escort, a wealthy shipping family and a plan to secretly transport $26 million (20 million euros) from a Swiss bank....

In Georgia, as in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to implement the doctrine of a "liberal empire" put forward in October 2003 by Anatoli Chubais, the chairman....

The Chancellor, George Osborne, along with many economists, believe that 2014 will achieve a growth rate of 4%. But the continued squeeze in wages is a reminder of...

A radical shake-up is expected in local and national laws to take the UK High Street into 24/7 mode helping to create millions of new jobs.

Since 2008, the necessary correction in UK residential and commercial property asset prices has not been allowed to happen.

UK National debt, including liabilities, could soon surpass £5 trillion pounds. This factors in all liabilities including State and Public- sector pensions and the cost of bailing out....

Vince Cable has called for the Government's flagship help-to-buy property scheme to be reconsidered in comments likely to anger George Osborne. In an interview with....