WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Thursday issued a rare joint statement pledging to step up their cooperation to address climate change, debt vulnerabilities and countries’ digital transitions. The statement, released ahead of a G20 leaders summit
DHAKA/KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mosquito-borne dengue fever is taking a heavy toll on South Asian nations this year as Bangladesh grapples with record
AS TEXAS baked in this summer’s record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a customer’s premises.
JAKARTA — The world risks a “great fracture” of its economic and financial systems, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday any attempts to change the status quo by force in the
BANGKOK — Thailand’s new government plans to give each citizen a 10,000 baht ($282) handout, delay debt payments and lower energy prices
BRUSSELS — Developing countries have proposed that a new U.N. fund unlocks at least $100 billion by 2030 to address irreversible damage
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a federal law criminalizing abortion, reaffirming an earlier ruling that criminal penalties for abortion were unconstitutional and allowing the federal healthcare system to provide
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a new security assistance package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine, including depleted uranium ammunition for Abrams tanks, the first
Moderna and rival Pfizer on Wednesday said their updated COVID-19 vaccines generated strong responses in testing against the highly mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus that has raised fears of
