Counting the Cost

Un­der to­tal siege, Gaza faces a hu­man­i­tar­i­an and eco­nom­ic cat­a­stro­phe as Is­rael de­clares it is at war. At what cost?

The British prime min­is­ter has pitched the Con­ser­v­a­tives as a par­ty of change at its an­nu­al con­fer­ence in Man­ches­ter.

Zhon­grong, one of Chi­na’s largest trusts, missed pay­ments to clients in Au­gust.

US Fed­er­al Re­serve holds rates steady while Eu­ro­pean Cen­tral Bank sig­nals a pause in mon­e­tary tight­en­ing pol­i­cy.

The G20 gave the African Union a seat at its ta­ble dur­ing its an­nu­al sum­mit in In­dia.

African lead­ers called on wealthy na­tions to in­vest in the con­ti­nent at the first Africa Cli­mate Sum­mit in Kenya.

Chi­na has record­ed a se­ries of weak eco­nom­ic data in the past six months.

The group in­vit­ed six na­tions – Sau­di Ara­bia, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and Ar­genti­na – to join BRICS.

Sau­di Ara­bia, Amer­i­can pri­vate in­vestors and celebri­ties are bet­ting big on foot­ball.

The World Gold Coun­cil says gold pur­chas­es in the first half of this year were the high­est on record.