Roughly 60 percent of South Sudan's population face severe hunger by the middle of next year, the government and U.N. agencies warned Friday, calling for urgent assistance to address the growing crisis.

The European Union and China said Friday they were closing in on an investment agreement after seven years of painstaking negotiations.

British and EU negotiators plunged into the "final hours" of their scramble for a post-Brexit trade deal Friday, deeply divided on the highly-charged issue of fishing rights.

As lawmakers on Thursday inched closer to a new stimulus package to help the pandemic-battered U.S. economy, government data showed more workers were applying for unemployment benefits as the recovery stalled.

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Russian budget was becoming less dependent on oil and gas, key exports for one of the world's dominant petro-economies. 

The Attorney General of Texas announced Wednesday that he was leading several U.S. states in a suit against Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.

After its first full board meeting in six years, Libya's central bank announced Wednesday a unification and devaluation of official exchange rates, a move that aims to fight corruption.

Switzerland's central bank on Wednesday flatly rejected accusations from the United States that the wealthy Alpine nation was involved in currency manipulation.

Congressional leaders on Wednesday said they were nearing a long-awaited agreement on a stimulus package for the U.S. economy, while the Federal Reserve is set to provide updated forecasts that could show renewed optimism for the months ahead.

A federal relief package to aid struggling business and jobless workers is seen as essential in getting the world's largest economy back on its feet even as vaccines against Covid-19 are rolled out, and would also ease the pressure on the central bank, which has limited tools to help the economy.

Escalating attacks on the Iraqi capital's few liquor stores have terrified shop-owners who fear hardline Islamists are flexing their muscle against alcohol consumption.