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Ukraine war pushing world into food, energy, financial crises
Global economy to contract by 1 percent amid fears of spiraling poverty, hunger...Read MoreApr 17, 2022 457 0 -
Ukraine war to cause mass hunger in developing world, slow global growth
Russia-Ukraine conflict would cause widespread hunger...Read MoreApr 13, 2022 980 0 -
World drifts farther apart from climate goals
Even the hottest days of the year cannot bring people on one platform to deal with the climatic changes including global warming. The raging fires in the United States and flash floods in Europe seem to...Jul 29, 2021 772 0 -
World needs multilateralism to address root causes of conflicts
With a stark warning that the world may be heading for “great fracture” in the face of dysfunctional relations between major powers, UN Chief Antonio Guterres is prescribing multilateralism as the only way to save the...Nov 12, 2019 757 0 -
US-China trade standoff could cost world economy $455 billion
By Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director As , the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather this week in Fukuoka, they can take inspiration from their host city. Known as Japan’s “startup city,” Fukuoka has flourished...Jun 14, 2019 1291 0 -
The rise of innovation nations and the developing world
Cheonggyecheon River is a modern public recreation space in downtown Seoul, South Korea Image Credit: stari4ek/Wikimedia Commons Just imagine the path to sustainable high growth and what factor comes to your mind first? Innovation. But is innovation...Jan 24, 2019 3015 0 -
Trump: U.S. will no more be ‘piggy bank that everybody is robbing’
Photo: Screenshot/White House YouTube channel President Donald Trump has told major world economies that the United States is no more a “piggy bank that everybody is robbing” as he argued for fair trade with partners in...Jun 9, 2018 1008 0 -
World human rights advocates urge release of Palestinian teen facing Israeli military trial
Photo: Haim Schwarczenberg, https://schwarczenberg.com /Wikimedia Commons World human rights organizations are reacting to the Israeli military trial of Ahed Tamimi, 17-year-old Palestinian girl, with condemnation of disregard for her rights and called for her immediate release....Feb 14, 2018 1023 0 -
New Deal needed as world economy is not taking off: UN Report
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...Sep 15, 2017 2582 0 -
World economic growth to rise to 3.5% in 2017
With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing and trade, world growth is projected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018, the International...Apr 18, 2017 1507 0
