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The story of women entrepreneurs successfully running businesses is not new. But is it being replicated in a new changing world? With greater levels of literacy and highly skilled qualifications more and more women aspire to...

A child sits on a railway station in Bangladesh Photo by Md. Tanvirul Islam/Wikimedia Commons The world is falling way behind in realizing people’s economic potential – in countries at all stages of economic development, says...

Oakland, California, Photo: Basil D Soufi/Wikimedia Commons A decade after the global financial crisis, the prospects for a sustained economic recovery remain at risk due to a widespread failure on the part of leaders and policy-makers...

Photo Credit: Aznaturalist/Wikimedia Indicating a jump in the world’s focus on harnessing the boundless potential of solar energy, its global capacity is set to overtake nuclear energy by the end of this year. Green Tech Media...

Green Peace March in Madrid 2015 Photo: OsvaldoGago/Wikimedia Young people all over the world feel climate change, conflicts and corruption pose serious challenges but they also believe in the power of technology for well-being of humanity....

With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, the United States will have a new administration to set the tone for America’s relationship with the world for the next four years. The transition in Washington comes in...

Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Two men are making headlines, addressing the problems and the futures of their countries and the relationships between them. One of them is Donald Trump, the newly-elected President of the...

Photo by Polimerek in MIT Museum during Wikimania 2006 via Wikimedia Artificial Intelligence is impacting many aspects of human life and it is expanding its influence rapidly through a variety of applications. But the use of...

Photo by Henk Caspers, Naturalis Biodiversity Center showing Africa on a huge globe via Wikimedia Commons As thought leaders, economists and politicians gather for discussions in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum has released its Global...

The Global Shapers Annual Survey 2016 has revealed a mix of hopes and concerns among young people – with 70% believing the world offers them opportunities for growth and climate change, corruption and lack of accountability as...