Robert Wood, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomists, predicted that the latest statistics will reveal a 0.3% decline in August.

When 60,000 football fans gathered in Jeddah for the Arabian Gulf Cup on Tuesday, they inadvertently highlighted the vulnerability of major sports events hosted by Gulf monarchies to the wars raging across the region. The previous day, Saudi Arabia resumed strikes on Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels after a four-year ceasefire collapsed. That truce had originally followed a Houthi attack on an oil facility near Jeddah’s Formula One track during a practice session. While the two-week football...

Three Ukrainians who grew up in occupied Crimea describe how Russia trained them to become future soldiers for its war on Ukraine, including school classes on how to handle weapons — part of a larger pattern of Russian indoctrination of children that has raised alarm in the international community.

India is vying to secure a piece of the AI boom, and letting Google clear hundreds of acres to build a $15 billion US data centre hub near its eastern coast. It will be the company's largest such project outside the U.S., and comes with promises of jobs and investments. But at what cost?

Mexican referee dies after banned piledriver moveA Mexican lucha libre referee has died at age 75 after a fighter used a piledriver on him during a match.According to outlets including the Latin Times, Univision and La Jornada, Gerardo Germán Pineda, known in the ring as “El...

World condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport as tensions deepen

Her responsibilities will include briefing journalists, answering questions about government policies and explaining the president's decisions to the public.