Latest Financial crisis News

Mozambique’s ex-finance minister gets another 2.5 years behind bars in ‘tuna bonds’ corruption case

Jan. 17, 2025 18:43 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique’s former finance minister has been sentenced to serve another two-and-a-half years in prison by a U.S. court for his role in the “ tuna bond ” scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the struggling African nation. Manuel Chang, 69, was...

Rising borrowing costs batter UK government and threaten to derail its left-leaning program

Jan. 15, 2025 07:17 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new government, which is already facing anger over higher taxes, unpopular spending decisions and political scandals just six months after taking office, is now being battered by rising borrowing costs that threaten to derail its left-leaning program. The...