AFP Fatima was already struggling to find cancer drugs for her father when a devaluation of the Egyptian pound this month caused the imported medicine to disappear altogether. “Before, I could still find it if I searched in several pharmacies. Today I can’t,” said the 34-year old teacher, who asked not to be named in full. A dollar crunch ...

  Bloomberg Major wholesalers at Delhi’s largest fruit and vegetable market, which serves most of the capital’s nearly 17 million people, are planning to sell their products at bargain prices in order to move perishable stock as the impact of India’s cash shortages continues to bite. Sales are down by as much as 50 percent at Azadpur Mandi, traders said, ...

  AFP The Philippines became developing Asia’s fastest-growing major economy in President Rodrigo Duterte’s first three months in office, officials said Thursday, even as his fiery rhetoric hit the peso and stock prices. The economy expanded 7.1 percent on-year in July-September, beating the consensus forecast of 6.8 percent, Economic Planning Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said. That was faster than China’s 6.7 ...