The IMF and World Bank are have held their annual meetings in Indonesia. One of the key focuses for the host country is to attract investment to develop its digital economy. But on the resort island of Bali, where the gathering was held, it's the hospitality industry that might hold one of the keys to advancing that goal. Patrick Fok reports.

Patrick spoke to Director of the World Development Report, Federica Saliola about how technology is already changing the skills we need as it continues to disrupt labour markets.

A dream wedding can involve years of planning and lots of stress, but in Egypt, couples are facing another hurdle. An economic crisis is forcing the newly engaged to compromise on their dream weddings. Sarah Balter has more.

Saudi Arabia once welcomed millions of foreign workers to fill jobs in an economy fueled by petro-dollars. But as Sarah Balter explains, changes in response to a growing unemployment crisis are forcing hundreds of thousands of expats to leave the workforce, and the kingdom.

The world's longest commercial flight from Singapore to New York has taken off. With a travel time of around 19-hours non-stop, Singapore Airlines is betting ultra-long haul journeys are part of the future of travel. But considering just how much tickets cost, trips like this may be out of reach for many travellers.

There were hopes that Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa would somehow bring the country's economy from the brink of collapse when he replaced long-time leader, Robert Mugabe, last November. But almost a year on, Zimbabwe is running out of food, fuel and money. The government has launched reforms to try and fix its finances and shore-up foreign currency reserves. But as Mobin Nasir reports, it is facing a backlash that could further derail the economy. We also caught-up with Zimbabwe's minister for industry and commerce at the Turkey-Africa Business Forum here in Istanbul and began by asking him what the government's doing to address the crisis.

Elephants, rhinos, and other endangered species are the focus of conversations in London, which is hosting the 4th international conference on combating the illegal trade of wildlife. TRT World's Shamim Chowdhury was at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London and sent an update.

Wall Street is struggling to recover from the bloodbath that sparked a sell-off on global stock markets. It all began with investors ditching over-valued US tech stocks over fears that higher interest rates would bring an end to years of cheap money that's been fueling the bull market. The rout quickly spread to Asia and Europe, and came a day after the International Monetary Fund warned of a correction in global capital markets. Paolo Montecillo reports. And for more, we speak to Matt Maley, Managing Director at trading firm, Miller Tabak + Co, and TRT World Editor-at-large, Craig Copetas.

Stocks in some of the world's biggest luxury brands tumbled on Wednesday over worries that global trade tensions could turn big spenders into penny-pinchers. That is despite industry heavyweight LVMH - which owns the likes of Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulgari - reporting a sales surge in the third quarter. But investors are betting a slowdown is on the cards in one of the biggest luxury markets. For more on the story, we are joined by luxury industry researcher, Sebastian Huber from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pledging to boost investment in African countries. Speaking at the Turkey Africa Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul, he called on leaders of African countries to strengthen co-operation by using local currencies. TRT World’s Senior business producer Mobin Nasir caught up with the President of the Turkey Africa Business Association, Fatih Akbulut at the forum. He began by asking him how Turkey's trade with Africa has grown in recent years.

Just days after the UN released a report calling for rapid and unprecedented measures to contain global warming, the European Union has moved to reduce carbon emission. EU environment ministers have agreed to cut CO2 emissions caused by cars and vans by 35% by 2030 - up from an initial target of 30%. Kevin Ozebek has more from Brussels.