China accounted for about 5 percent, or $441.8 billion, of the $8.8 trillion in public external debt owed by all low- and middle-income countries, according to data from the World Bank's 2024 report ...

Whenever the world's richest countries are discussed, the names of US and China come first in everyone's mind.

Despite being the world’s wealthiest nations, countries like the US, Singapore, and the UK face massive debt burdens, with ...

Landfall is a haunting and propulsive crime novel, set in 2050s Sydney, that weighs the value of a human life on an ...

Tacoma, Washington, a smokestack leached toxic lead into the water and air. Living nearby: three men who would become some of the country’s most notorious serial murderers.

A faux profound question that Western economists occasionally ask one another to demonstrate their tribal worldview is: if ...

The World Health Organisation says on Tuesday that more than 30 years of difference in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest countries highlights global health inequities. The global ...

Britain and especially Greater London has, as the Economist magazine recently wrote, “the worst mobile service in the rich world ... they can’t get Google Maps to work on their phones.

Now the World Bank ... world’s poorest countries like Ethiopia and Bangladesh, typically in the form of grants and loans with lowball interest rates. The generous terms mean rich countries ...

In his book “Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty,” published ... have shifted the balance of power in the global economy and reshaped the economic map. The book provides a ...

In this article, we will look at the 30 countries with the widest gap between rich and poor. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, go directly to the 5 Countries with the Widest Gap Between ...