The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

Global growth is projected to be in line with the April 2024 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast, at 3.2 percent in 2024 and 3.3 percent in 2025. Services inflation is holding up progress on ...

The threat of World War Three is looming large in the public consciousness. Last week, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned the world could be engulfed by wars involving China, Russia, North Korea ...

Corus Entertainment Inc. CJR-B-T plans to wind down five kids’ channels later this summer as the broadcaster continues to cope with advertising revenue challenges. The company says in a statement it ...

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In “The Backyardigans,” she created a world for kids as wildly sophisticated as her own. By Sam Anderson For parents, cartoons are like weather. We can control plenty else in our children’s lives: ...

Experts have warned the world is already at war for the third time - and has been for some time. When people think of war, many will bring up images of the First and Second World Wars, with the likes ...

Best of the best: That's the lofty standard for making the World Heritage List. Nations lobby hard to get their glorious buildings, wilderness, and historic ruins on the list, a stamp of approval that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States. The bank’s ...

The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy and said the “impressive” U.S. economy is powering the world. The latest outlook estimates the global economy will expand 2.6 percent, an ...

In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high ...

A local woman rides a bicycle on April 18, 2024, in front of a building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Ukraine. Credit: AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko A Russian foreign ...