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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...

The world economy in 2017 “is picking up but not taking off,” a new report has cautioned against fiscal austerity and harnessing finance to support job creation and infrastructure investment. A combination of “too much debt...

Times Square in New York, Photo: Chensiyuan/Wikimedia Commons The middle class in America earned highest income in 2016, overtaking the previous record level achieved in 1999, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau released three...

As President Donald Trump reaches the first 100-day milestone of his presidency, it is opportune to examine his policy toward Muslims, who have witnessed a troubling rise in hate attacks against American citizens of Islamic faith...

After embracing e-government technologies in revenue and traffic regulation, Pakistan’s Punjab province has launched a smartphone application enabling women to report incidents of harassment to police to promote women’s safety. Users, who feel threatened can call...

Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Simonovic, speaks to the press in Buenos Aires, November 21, 2016. Photo UNIC /Buenos Aires. Women’s rights have been set back in several places even as awareness about human...

President Barack Obama on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of 50 people in an Orlando nightclub as “brutal murder” and an “act of terror,” vowing to investigate the deadliest shooting inUS history from all angles. “Although...

Hillary Clinton became the first ever woman presumptive Democratic nominee Tuesday evening. She has broken a high ceiling, and taken an important step in her quest for White House. Her rise to the top political level...