Increasingly frequent terrorist attacks are becoming a growing threat to the global economy, finance chiefs from the world's leading economies said Sunday.

Finance ministers from the world's biggest economies warned of global uncertainty from Britain's looming departure from the European Union, as they gathered in China on Sunday.

A six percent loss in value of its currency, a plunge on the stock market and a downgrade by a key ratings agency.

Britain could unleash a government stimulus package this fall to counter the negative effects of its vote to leave the European Union, its finance minister said Sunday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned risks to the global economy are growing, as it called on some G20 nations to boost government spending.

The U.N. World Tourism Organization signed an agreement Friday with Turkey to help the country boost its ailing tourism sector, which has suffered due to a string of bombings and a failed coup.

Eight major energy firms have expressed interest in drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Cyprus, the government said Friday.

Britain's economy was battered by the Brexit vote last month and faced a "dramatic deterioration" in activity as orders dried up and business investments were canned, key data showed Friday.

The world cannot depend on China alone to save it from a Brexit-induced downturn, the country's premier said Friday, ahead of hosting a meeting of G20 finance ministers.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde was ordered Friday to stand trial in France over a massive state payout to a colorful tycoon when she was French economy minister, dealing a setback to her stellar career.