In the birthplace of the armed struggle that propelled Ethiopia’s ruling coalition to power 27 years ago, there is growing anger as the country’s new prime minister stages a crackdown on the region’s once-powerful leaders.

The president has called the US central bank’s chairman, Jerome Powell, ‘too aggressive’ on policy

As the US Federal Reserve prepares to meet this week, storm clouds are gathering. It is widely expected that, despite protests from President Donald Trump, the Fed will raise interest rates – the latest in a series of increases which are expected to continue through to 2020.

But while most Fed officials seemed confident last month about the future prospects for the American economy, a fresh poll of economists has shown more scepticism.

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Wherever one goes, concerned people ask what Britain is doing. It seems clear from our actions that we don’t know

This column comes to you from Perugia in Italy, a reasonably safe haven from the shenanigans of Westminster. We have been visiting our youngest daughter, who is a beneficiary at the university of one of the many privileges of the UK’s membership of the EU: namely the kind of Erasmus scholarship that might well be threatened if the Brexiters have their way.

Although it is my fate to write about the threat of Brexit, I share the feelings of so many people I meet that there are times when one fears one is being driven insane by its prominence in the so-called national debate, when there are so many other pressing problems.

With the House of Commons at sixes and sevens, the case strengthens for a referendum based on evidence, not emotion

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A coal mine accident in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing killed seven workers and injured three, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Sri Lanka’s Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as prime minister before President Maithripala Sirisena, local media said on Sunday, likely ending a political crisis that began in late October when he was ousted in a surprise decision.

Canelo Alvarez captures the WBA regular super middleweight title with a victory over Rocky Fielding at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

Solar leases cause the most difficulty when owners of solar homes go to sell, according to a Colorado real-estate agent who trains other professionals on solar home sales, but that’s only one of five problems that commonly arise when solar homes go on the market.

Al Iaquinta and Edson Barboza shine at UFC on Fox 31 in Milwaukee.

Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming.