Many factors determine whether a country's passport is weak or strong, from stability to civilian quality of life. Here are ...

Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, ...

Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty—887 million out of 1.1 billion globally—are directly exposed to ...

Nearly 80% of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global ...

The World Bank is calling for $25 billion in further COVID-19 emergency financing to help the world's poorest countries grapple with the massive challenges of the global pandemic, the Bank's president ...

The world’s poorest countries are going to get hotter more quickly than wealthier nations, and will stay that way for a ...

Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the core of the Christian message in his first major document, which was released on Thursday ...

China has extended debt relief to developing countries worth a combined $2.1 billion under the G20 framework, the highest among the group's members in terms of the amount deferred, the country's ...

Caribbean nations continue to grapple with deep inequalities and rising climate risks, according to the Global ...

NBK’s participation underscores its role as an active partner in the global economic dialogue ...