A DeFi advocacy group claimed that the technology could “dramatically reduce the cost of financial services for everyday ...

South African police and army units held a parade Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles ...

The Chinese leadership anticipated the risk clearly. In a December 2020 document, the authorities emphasized that "lifting ...

CHINA HAS become one of the world’s biggest bankers and donors. But its financial influence overseas is hard to track. Its government has a “transparency allergy”, says Brad Parks of AidData, a ...

Despite his 26 years in a traditional media job, ultimately rising to CEO of what was then Viacom, Tom Freston had no ...

Between 2021 and 2023, COVID-19 dropped from the world’s leading cause of death to the 20th, while life expectancy surpassed ...

Per-capita climate-labelled debt now stands at $23.12, with South Asia facing the highest average burden at nearly $29.87 per person, while East Asia and the Pacific follow with $23.58 and Sub-Saharan ...

Significant Improvement in the Living Standards of the Poor Through poverty alleviation, there has been a substantial ...

-- The rate of heat-related deaths has surged 23% since the 1990s, to 546,000 a year. -- A record 154,000 deaths were linked to air pollution from wildfire smoke in 2024. -- The global average ...

Africa’s economic growth is hinging on creating 1 billion jobs by the end of the century. Where will it find them?