A sharp rise in mortgage interest rates toward the end of December took its toll on mortgage demand, hitting just as the housing market entered its typically slowest stretch of...
Singapore’s economy grew 4 percent in 2024, comfortably beating forecasts, according to preliminary government figures. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.3 percent in the October-December period, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief, and happy New Year. There will be many questions about South Asia and the world this year: how the region adjusts to a second...
Vladimir Putin assured Russia he was “certain that everything will be fine” in his New Year’s Eve address on Tuesday, as the nation heads toward its fourth year of war...
New Year’s Day brings a rise in the minimum hourly wage in nearly half of the states in the U.S., and 48 counties, though some economists warn that the mandated...
Medan, Indonesia – Winston, a medical doctor who lives and works in the capital of North Sumatra Province, is a self-proclaimed Apple fan. Currently the proud owner of an iPhone...
Some people in the United States fear Donald Trump‘s economic agenda could see the economy fall into recession, with experts giving mixed predictions for the year ahead. Newsweek has contacted...
Misty Miller submitted her retirement paperwork seven years ago with over $500,000 saved. A week later, she asked for her job back. Miller, 65, was a legal secretary in the...
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Late last month, Argentinian President Javier Milei uploaded a characteristically odd photo on social media. It showed him posing with his cabinet behind a golden chainsaw...
Never in the history of work has anyone actually enjoyed looking for it. But the frustration, exhaustion, anxiety, anger, and despondence I’ve heard from white-collar job seekers over the past...