Restoration of debt sustainability typically requires a restructuring or reprofiling of public debts, which in Sri Lanka's case would require cooperation from China

Financial support should be also prioritised to key sectors including freight logistics and consumption, the People's Bank of China said in a statement

In contrast to most major economies that have started to tighten monetary policy to combat inflation, China has stepped up easing to cushion the slowdown

Some Taiwanese firms making chip and electronic components in the eastern Chinese city of Kunshan said deliveries would be postponed until next month

The Fed began raising interest rates last month, and is expected to ramp up its rate hikes starting next month to slow demand for goods and services

In proposing to install an independent chair, the National Legal and Policy Center said the roles of CEO and chairman are "greatly diminished" when one person holds both

The cabinet, including five women, immediately set to work cementing relations with China as it battles a downwards economic spiral

A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said officials would raise the issue with the Solomon Islands on a planned visit this week.

Maha Prasad Adhikari was suspended on April 8 as governor of the central Nepal Rastra Bank by the government, which named his deputy the interim chief

Several Russian banks have been banned from SWIFT after Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24 as part of wider western penalties

Quantitative Tightening could hit weaker economies with high debt levels and “cause a ripple of sovereign debt crises around the world that disrupts markets” and affects developed nations

The yen has dropped about 10% against the dollar this year and worsened inflationary pressures in Japan amid a spike in commodity and oil costs, and supply snags made worse by war in Ukraine