WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that greater data transparency could help increase the resiliency of the economy. “Greater data transparency — promoted through the IMF data standard initiatives-leads to a 15 percent reduction in the spreads on emerging market sovereign bonds,” Lagarde revealed the result of […]

PARIS, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — French independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron is forecast to win the race to the Elysee Palace, beating with a large lead his rival Marine Le Pen, a survey showed on Wednesday. An opinionway poll for Les Echos newspaper and Radio Classique showed that in the first round of voting scheduled […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said Wednesday that Trump’s tweets attacking federal judges were “disheartening” and “demoralizing”. Gorsuch’s spokesman Ron Bonjean confirmed that Gorsuch made the remarks during a conversation with Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal, reports Xinhua. The show of solidarity with fellow judges […]

LONDON, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The parliamentary bill empowering the British government to begin the formal process of leaving the European Union completed its passage Wednesday night in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government succeeded in crossing the final crucial hurdle with 494 votes to 122 — a majority of 372, reports […]

CANBERRA, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that the Sino-U.S. relation, nearly 40 years since its establishment, has been seeing a non-stop development progress. “The China-U.S. ties have never ceased development, overcoming various difficulties,” Wang told a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop following […]

LONDON, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons John Bercow faced criticism from politicians Tuesday after his controversial speech expressing his opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump addressing parliament during his proposed state visit. As Bercow defended his stand, his colleague Lord Fowler, the Speaker of the House of Lords, said […]

BERLIN, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Douglas Costa’s goal helped Bayern Munich edge Wolfsburg 1-0, while Borussia Monchengladbach cruised 2-0 past second-division side Greuther Fuerth in the last 16 of the German Cup on Tuesday. The Bavarians took the reins from the kickoff and created the first chance of the game with nine minutes played as […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that he “deeply regrets” that Israel adopted a bill late Monday that would retroactively legalize Jewish settlements on privately owned Palestinian land. He stressed that “the bill is in contravention of international law and will have far reaching legal consequences for Israel, […]