South Africa has become the latest African nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after beating Rwanda 3-0 to top its ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Roberto Firmino scored twice and Marquinhos and Philippe Coutinho also got goals as Brazil hammered Bolivia 5-0 in their opening World Cup qualifier in Sao Paulo on Friday.

The FIFA Club World Cup, originally planned for December, will now be held from Feb. 1 to Feb. 11 in Doha, Qatar, organisers FIFA said on Tuesday.

As of October 2025, the World Economic Outlook database and supporting documents will be accessible through the IMF Data portal. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the ...

The gauntlet that is CONMEBOL qualifying eased a bit with the expanded, 48-team field for the 2026 World Cup. Six teams have qualify automatically and a seventh will reach the six team ...

Growth in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia is expected to slow from 3.7% in 2024 to 2.4% in 2025, driven primarily by a weaker pace of expansion in the Russian Federation. The ...

Growth in South Asia is on track to reach 6.6 percent in 2025 but then slow to 5.8 percent in 2026. While this short-term outlook is subject to downside risks, over the longer term, AI could promote ...