The International Monetary Fund has decided to double its capital and adopted other reforms that will give China and other emerging-market economies a greater say in the financial institution. The IMF executive board agreed to sweeping changes on Friday, ahead of next week’s G20 summit in Seoul, expected to be…
A New York City police officer is alleging that his department has arrest quotas that result in innocent people being arrested. Officer Adil Polanco told WABC channel 7 in New York that his precinct — the 41st in the Bronx — has a “20 and one” monthly quota, meaning each…
Iraq will be a “big player” at OPEC’s meeting in Angola later this month over its allocated crude production quota following a string of deals with oil majors, a senior US embassy official said on Sunday. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Luanda on December 22 will come…