
What is Trump doing - and not doing - to tackle the US debt?
The US has run budget deficits every year since 2001, spending more than it collects and steadily increasing its debt.
Sat Feb 15 2025

Budget 2023: Tax incentives for ACE, LEAP listings to catalyse entrepreneurship
The Budget 2023 commits to fiscal consolidation with further reduction in budget deficit to GDP ratio to 5% this year and to 3.2% by 2025.
Fri Feb 24 2023

Selangor tables RM2.34 bil Budget for 2022
Amirudin said there would be a budget deficit of RM222.71 million based on the state's projected revenue of RM2.1 billion.
Fri Nov 26 2021

Raising debt ceiling enables government to finance Budget deficit in medium term - Tengku Zafrul
The government has asserted the importance of increasing the debt ceiling to 65 per cent of GDP to have a wiggle room to finance the government's budget deficit in the medium term.
Sat Oct 30 2021

Most countries face financial problems, fiscal deficits - Mustapa
Most countries, including Malaysia, are facing financial problems and a large budget deficit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sun Apr 18 2021

Singapore expected to run budget deficit next year, PM says
Singapore is expected to run a budget deficit next year and may not be able to balance its books for a while.
Tue Nov 17 2020

Australia expected to reveal biggest budget deficit since WW2 due to coronavirus
Australia is expected to report its biggest budget deficit since World War Two on Thursday when Canberra reveals the full economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Thu Jul 23 2020

Italy to approve some 10 billion euros in anti-coronavirus measures - minister
Measures would likely cause the budget deficit to rise to just under 3% of national output this year.
Tue Mar 10 2020

Saudi to shelve, reform billions of dollars of unfinished projects - sources
Riyadh's Bureau of Capital and Operational Spending Rationalization, set up last year to make the government more efficient, is compiling a list of projects that are under 25 percent complete.
Mon Apr 17 2017

Saudi posts record deficit, cuts fuel subsidies
Riyadh also projected a shortfall of $87 billion in next year's budget, the first since King Salman took over the country in January.
Tue Dec 29 2015

Putin's surprising new ruble problem threatens Russian coffers
In order to reach macroeconomic stability, Russia needs to limit its budget deficit and a weaker ruble is an easy way to do that.
Fri Apr 10 2015

Oil plunge to cost GCC exporters $300 billion: IMF
The plunge in the oil price is threatening to send many countries into budget deficits.
Wed Jan 21 2015

Drop in oil revenue has minimal impact on govt finances, says Wahid Omar
One of the sustainability elements in government finances was to reduce its reliance on oil and gas revenues.
Wed Nov 26 2014

Malaysias deficit will rise to RM59 billion, predicts Anwar
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today that the Malaysia's 2014 budget deficit will likely balloon beyond the Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's projections.
Mon Oct 28 2013

Nokia vows to pursue India tax fight
Nokia is the latest multinational to be embroiled in a tax row with Indian authorities, who are chasing alleged tax delinquents to reduce a hefty budget deficit.
Sat Jun 01 2013

Ramsay reveals hundreds of lucky cat statues stolen from new restaurant
Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Zayn Rayyan case: Two child witnesses complete testimony today
So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment, FT reports
The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.
Fri Feb 21 2025

185 children linked to GISB handed over to families - Exco
The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.
Fri Feb 21 2025

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government
The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Elon Musk wields chainsaw at conservative gathering, a gift from Argentina's Milei
This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy, says Elon Musk.
Fri Feb 21 2025
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[OPINION] For never again the world must know more about the Khojaly genocide
For Azerbaijanis, the Khojaly genocide is more than a historical event - it is a collective trauma that shapes their identity and worldview.
Fri Feb 21 2025