Cyprus: Rights experts call for urgent solutions for missing persons tragedy
A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards finding the remains of those who disappeared during deadly...
Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections
COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in...
Sri Lanka Faces Unsustainable Debt and Balance of Payment Challenges
Sri Lanka’s economic outlook is highly uncertain due to the fiscal and external imbalances. Urgent policy measures are needed to address the high levels...
Green Fiscal Reforms can Protect Vulnerable Households and Boost COVID-19 Recovery Efforts in Europe
Green fiscal reforms can help protect vulnerable households and support pandemic recovery efforts in European countries on the road to climate neutrality by 2050,...
Chad to Improve Learning Outcomes in Basic Education
The World Bank today approved a $150 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* to support the improvement of learning outcomes in basic...
World Bank forecasts uneven recovery in Middle East and North Africa
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are expected to grow by 5.2% in 2022, the fastest rate since 2016, on...
COVID-19: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants, not more severe or transmissible
As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’ of the changes, the UN health agency said on...
To know if citizen science is successful, measure it
It’s never been easy to accurately measure the impact of any scientific research, but it’s even harder for citizen science projects, which don’t follow...
International partnerships to deliver $49bn investment plan for Mongolia
Mongolian government to partially privatise state-owned enterprises
‘New Recovery’ policy outlined as PM announces Mongolia is ‘open for business’Price capping-mechanism announced to ease cost-of-living concernsThe...
Safer take-off and landings with state-of-the-art radar and tougher windows
On 25 July 2000, a Concorde jet crashed upon take-off in Paris, killing 113 people. The cause of the accident was later identified as...