Poor climate crisis warnings put countries around globe at increasing risk of acute hunger - Exclusive: National early ...

GDP PPP of any country reflects the overall purchasing power and cost of living, offering a clearer picture of a nation's economic reality. And when it comes to Asia, everyone knows how its economy is ...

Wealth alone does not determine how happy a nation is. Certain low-income countries are remarkably efficient at generating ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan — In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor ...

Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: ...

The capital of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, runs on aid. A city built in the 1970s by the World Bank, Lilongwe’s straight streets are filled with charities, development agencies and ...

Tropical rainforests regulate the global climate and sustain the planet’s richest biodiversity. Yet, despite more than a decade of government and ...

Published in Nature Medicine, the WHO review shows most clinical trials are concentrated in rich countries and ignore the ...

Since 2019, the 191 countries that are party to an international agreement called the Basel Convention have agreed to classify mixed plastic trash as “hazardous waste.” This designation essentially ...

Gilead has signed agreements with generic drug makers to produce low-cost versions of the shot for poor countries, mostly in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. The doses provided at-cost for up ...

By taxing the rich, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, and reforming global financial rules, the Global North could finance ...