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How Japan’s bond rout is turning the tide of global capital

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise interest rates when it meets later in September.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 20, 2026

An electronic display showing the national debt in Washington, DC on Aug 19.

US debt crosses $50 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden

A man passing by the National Debt Clock in New York City on Aug 19. The US Treasury’s daily cash and debt balances statement showed total public debt outstanding at US$40.047 trillion on Aug 18.

UNESCO urges wider use of debt-for-education swaps

UNESCO has urged governments and international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps to tackle a worsening education financing crisis.

Defence resignation exposes spending bind for Starmer - and any challengers

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey meet with BAE system apprentices during a joint visit in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain, on March 20, 2025. OLI SCARFF/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

UN chief Guterres says money owed by US is ‘non-negotiable’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

Sri Lanka seeks buyers for airport built with Chinese loans

The small airport has failed to generate enough revenue to cover even electricity bills since opening in 2013, and has been a running sore on state coffers.

Tonga’s debt to China hinders rebuild four years on from eruption

Tonga’s King Tupou VI and China’s President Xi Jinping shaking hands after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 25, 2025.

UK’s Starmer apologises to Epstein victims over Mandelson, but comes out fighting

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivering a speech in St Leonards, Britain, on Feb 5, where he apologised for his appointment of former US ambassador Peter Mandelson.

Countries should repurpose fiscal policies to weather future challenges: President Tharman

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaking at a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management on Dec 9.

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