Moody's Investors Service has downgraded India's credit rating to Baa3 from Baa2 with negative outlook, citing growing risks that Asia's third-largest economy will face a prolonged period of slower growth amid rising debt. “The decision to downgrade India's ratings reflects Moody's view that the country's policymaking institutions will be challenged in enacting and implementing policies...
Parisians were returning to cafes on Tuesday although Covid-19 restrictions meant the experience was not quite as it was before lockdown.
Joe Biden could seize the number of delegates needed to formally clinch the Democrats' presidential nomination on Tuesday as seven states and the District of Columbia push through a pandemic and exploding racial tensions to host the largest slate of primary elections in almost three months.
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Retirement home developer and operator McCarthy & Stone said it will resume construction on its sites and reopen sales offices next week after seeing lower than average coronavirus cases across its residents.
Ties between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and Al-Qaeda remain close, despite a US-Taliban pact Washington hoped would sever them, independent UN sanctions monitors said. “The Taliban regularly consulted with Al-Qaeda during negotiations with the US and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties,” the monitors said in a report to...
The number of mortgage approvals made to home buyers slumped to a record low in April as the housing market was held at a near-standstill, Bank of England figures show.
