Last year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday. “The average global temperature has risen by about 1.1°C since the...
The European Commission is mobilising a humanitarian aid package of €22.8 million to help address emergency food needs and support vulnerable people in Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar,...
Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday. Jean-Pierre Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African country,...
With four billion people globally still unconnected, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seeking to address the growing digital divide. In Asia only 26 per...
Biodiversity, or the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities,...
Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the Maldives have inaugurated the implementation of a solar–battery–diesel hybrid system in 48 islands under the...
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Energy and Industry, to cooperate...
The cautionary tale of the boiling frog describes how a frog that jumps into boiling water will save itself by jumping straight out, but the frog...
Businesses must rethink how they verify people’s identity online and manage personal data, according to a new paper, Reimagining Digital Identity: A Strategic Imperative, released today....
Like the popular fitness apps, which help users track their exercise activities, food intake and more, an app called Evocco...
Since the Pak-US relations faced tough time almost a decade ago, not only the US has written off Pakistan, but...
The market is entering a new decade on the outer edges of the longest run in M&A history, but even...
They took photographs of you. Might as well been from dawn to dark photographs. In pictures, in films, the light...
Following extensive consultation with the global community, the World Economic Forum announced today the Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance....
“I would use two words to describe the state of the world today: uncertainty and instability,” said António Guterres, Secretary-General...
The World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development signed today a Strategic Partnership Framework to deepen...