Ramsey Al-Rikabi

  • Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 20 to 24. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    IMF says global economy slowing on trade ‘reboot’ but avoiding recession

    By Ramsey Al-Rikabi and Bloomberg
  • Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Sochi on November 7, 2024. (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    What’s Russia’s nuclear doctrine and how did Putin change it?

    By Laurence Arnold, Ramsey Al-Rikabi, and others
  • The Panda Express prepares for taxiing as it carries Giant Pandas from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on November 8, 2023. All three of the zoo’s pandas are leaving for China, bringing at least a temporary end to a decades-old connection between the cuddly animal and the US capital. And while the pandas’ departure had been expected due to contractual obligations, many can’t help but see the shift as reflective of the growing strains between Beijing and Washington. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Washington D.C.’s pandas are being FedEx’ed back to China as 51 years of ‘Panda Diplomacy’ ends amid souring relations

    By Ramsey Al-Rikabi and Bloomberg
  • Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia arrives for the 178th meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, on March 6, 2020. - All eyes are on Russia at the gathering of OPEC countries and their allies, with the cartel hoping to convince Moscow to back drastic production cuts to counter the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Oil analysts see prices dropping into the $20s on coronavirus and Saudi Arabia-Russia price war

    By Ramsey Al-Rikabi and Bloomberg