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European equities fall on gloomier global growth projections

Real estate and media stocks were biggest drag on various gauges

US stocks fall as bond yields surge to three-year highs

S&P 500 banks index rose 1.2%, lifted by 3% gain in shares of Bank of America Corp

War in Ukraine: EU working on possible oil embargo on Russia, Coveney says

Putin to hold first face-to-face meeting with an EU leader since invasion began today

Lebanon’s economic crisis creating ‘lost generation’ of children

Some 95 per cent of Syrian families in country are living in extreme poverty

Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine escalating as peace talks fail to progress

US vice-president Kamala Harris backs calls for war crimes investigation over invasion

World Bank approves €663m in loans and grants for Ukraine

‘Fast-disbursing’ funds will help government provide critical services and pay hospital workers

Ukraine: what we know on day seven of Russia’s invasion

Several cities under heavy bombardment, Russian troops land in Kharkiv, Biden attacks Putin

A place in the poetic pantheon – John Horgan on Thomas Kinsella

An Irishman’s Diary

The looming threat of long financial Covid

Martin Wolf: Debt restructurings will be messy while people and economies suffer

Lebanese leaders scramble to avert economic disaster

Aid talks with IMF continue as Shia movements end boycott of ministerial appointees

The Irish Times view on wealth inequality: the billionaires’ pandemic

The net worth of Ireland’s nine billionaires has increased by 58 per cent to €49.7 billion

Sue Gray’s Irish CV, the risk of space debris and the humble, nimble Fed

Planet Business: Cheering everybody up, World Bank-style

As famine stalks Afghanistan, West urged to rescue stricken economy

Millions at risk of famine as international sanctions against Taliban batter economy

World Bank warns of ‘pronounced slowdown’ over inflation and Covid variants

Washington-based institution says pandemic likely to continue to disrupt activity in near term

Kazakhstan Q&A: How has country gone from stability to turmoil?

Dozens dead and thousands detained in worst violence in country since independence

Goodbody lowers five-year equity returns estimate

Stockbroking firm sees equities delivering average 6.5% return per annum over five years

Xi Jinping had a good 2021, and he ends it with an iron grip on China

The president’s path has been cleared to lead for life, but he faces problems domestically

UN chief António Guterres meets Lebanese religious leaders

Clerics confirm commitment to coexistence, but Guterres chides country’s politicians

Covid boosters in rich countries outnumber all jabs among poor nations

High prices identified as one of main factors behind growing vaccine inequality

‘Many Palestinians never experience the feeling of peace I have found in Ireland’

New to the Parish: Amanie Issa arrived from Bethlehem during the pandemic

Saudi Arabian row threatens to further damage Lebanon’s fragile economy

Criticism of Yemen war by information minister Kordahi leads to Saudi ban on all Lebanese imports

Solution to global electricity demand could be right above our heads

New research analyses the role of rooftop solar PV technology in generating power

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