Financial Crisis
Thousands of Puerto Rico teachers protest for higher wages
Thousands of teachers across Puerto Rico have left their classrooms and took to the streets to demand higher wages, improved working conditions and better pensions amid an economic crisis
Turkey's president appoints new head of statistics agency
Turkey’s president has fired the head of the Turkish Statistical Institute, which is responsible for posting official inflation statistics among other data, and returned a former justice minister to his post
Argentina reaches agreement with IMF to refinance debt
Argentina says it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance more than $40 billion in debt
Impoverished Lebanese, Syrians struggle to survive cold
A snowstorm in the Middle East has left many Lebanese and Syrians scrambling to find ways to survive
Lebanon faces internet service interruption amid fuel crisis
Lebanon's state internet provider says internet services have been disrupted because of diesel shortages
Austrian FM: EU ready to help Lebanon if leaders reform
Austria’s foreign minister says the European Union wants to help Lebanon escape its economic meltdown - but only if the country's leaders clean up Beirut's affairs
Austrian FM: Lebanon can get IMF aid if Beirut makes reforms
Austria’s foreign minister says the European Union wants to help Lebanon escape its economic meltdown - but only if the country's leaders clean up Beirut's affairs
UN seeks $5B to aid millions of Afghans as country struggles
The United Nations has launched its biggest ever appeal -- for over $5 billion to help 22 million Afghans whose country is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis and economic collapse as well as 5.7 million Afghan refugees in five neighboring countries
Bank of America slashes fees for account overdrafts
Bank of America is slashing the amount it charges customers when they spend more than they have in their accounts and plans to eliminate entirely its fees for bounced checks
China foreign minister in Sri Lanka to discuss Belt and Road
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in Sri Lanka seeking to advance China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, as the island nation looked to Beijing for help as it tries to rescue itself from a foreign currency and debt crisis