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European farms mix things up to guard against food-supply shocks

By ETHAN BILBY ‘Items in this section have limited availability due to supplier production issues,’ ‘Sorry, temporarily out of stock’ and ‘Sold out’ are all signs...

Astana hosts 18th Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Economic Committee meeting

The 18th meeting of Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Economic Committee meeting was held on Thursday in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, at the end of which the two...

The importance of Iran’s membership in the SCO

The members of Majlis (the Parliament) have approved the emergency of the plan of Iran’s commitments to achieve the position of a member state...

Blue Economy Offers Opportunities for Sustainable Growth in Tunisia

With support from the World Bank, in June 2022, Tunisia launched its first report on the status of the blue economy. The report, titled...

Global growth forecast to slow to 1.9% in 2023

Senior UN economists warned on Wednesday that intersecting crises are likely to add further damage to the global economy, with growth set to slow...

War games will take place off Durban between South Africa, China and Russia

South Africa's government has finally shown its colours by inviting Russia and China for war games next month, London’s ‘Daily Mail’ writes with indignation...

Ghana Begins Receiving Payments for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Forest Landscapes

Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation...

Pandemic shock must propel stronger health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Strengthening health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean in the wake of COVID-19 must be a priority, according to a new World Bank...

Ray Dalio: Dollar-dominated global order is ‘fading away’

With the dollar losing clout and the world dividing into competing currency and economic blocs, American investor Ray Dalio said it will be countries...

Energy efficiencies of EU waste incinerators are appallingly low

A new study published today by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) finds that efficiences of electricity generation of existing EU waste incineration facilities are appallingly...

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