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Airlines continue to receive life support from governments, totalling $243bn since the start of the pandemic.

More than 40 low-income countries applied to the scheme but still ended up paying out $36.4bn.

After ceding diplomatic and economic ground to Beijing, Washington hopes to win back its neighbours with new investment.

The Asian Development Bank and the UK's Prudential are developing a $120bn plan to buy coal plants in Asia.

Once the sick man of Europe, Germany weathered the financial crisis and the Great Recession better than its neighbours.

International Energy Agency calls on Moscow to send more gas to head off an energy crisis amid concerns of shortages.

President Xi Jinping launches sweeping socialist reforms to address inequality in the world's second-biggest economy.

Representing 45% of the world's population, some of these fast-growing BRICS countries have failed to live up to expectations.

China has built ports in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Can India counter Beijing's economic diplomacy?