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Malian fabric producers are famed for their distinctive bogolan designs – the word means “made with earth” in the Bambara language. Since June these fabrics have been stamped with a…

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates in the eurozone once again, taking its key rate to a record high last seen in late 2000. The bank raised…

China is due to start restricting exports of two materials key to the semiconductor industry, as the chip war with the US heats up. Under the new controls, special licences…

Interest rates are expected to rise for the 14th time in row as the Bank of England continues its battle to control stubbornly high price rises. Most economists have predicted…

China says it will drop its tariffs on Australian barley imports that had been in place for three years and affected billions of dollars of trade. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased its forecast of how much the global economy will grow this year to 3%. The 0.2% improvement from April’s forecast was partly driven by…