Truss says she has ‘right plan’ on economy and will not change course

In series of local BBC interviews, prime minister says she is prepared to make difficult decisions

China growth lags Asia-Pacific for first time in decades as World Bank cuts outlook

East Asia and Pacific annual growth forecasts downgraded from 5% to 3.2% as China’s economy cools, largely due to zero-Covid policy

This weekend’s ballot could see Switzerland also giving farm animals the constitutional right ‘not to be intensively farmed’

Ocean Conservancy apologises for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states

The UN’s call for windfall taxes must be taken up by governments to help break the power of greedy cartels

Ren Zhengfei writes in leaked memo that ‘chill will be felt by everyone’ and company must focus on survival

UK aimed to phase oil Russian oil imports by end of 2022; in June it achieved that target, ONS data shows

War, drought and Covid have blighted prospects not just in Britain but continent-wide. Which countries are most at risk?

Chinese recovery from lockdowns shows signs of fizzling out as central bank cuts interest rates

Outbound shipments grew 18% after struggle with shortages of raw materials and lockdowns in first half of year

The global financial crisis brought large economies together but the current crisis comes at a time of deep division

With offshoring now faltering, a US-led trend sees firms shifting manufacturing and more to countries with shared values. But this won’t be cost-free

Resolution Foundation says Bank of England likely to forecast higher and later peak, on eve of interest rates decision

Rising tensions between US and China threaten to accelerate decoupling of world’s two biggest economies

Lebanon is worst-hit by food inflation after food grain store explosion in Beirut in 2020