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World

Op-Ed: Are we insane enough yet? The world vs reality.

Well? Are we insane enough yet? If not, why not?

Paul WallisMarch 9, 2023

Better known for its Gross National Happiness index, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will on December 13 become only the seventh nation to graduate from the UN list of the world's Least Developed Countries

World

‘Bittersweet story’: joy, pain of nations casting off UN poorest tag

There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world’s poorest countries, while others...

AFPMarch 9, 2023

World

Poor nations’ leaders unleash anger and despair at UN summit

Leaders from the world’s poorest nations poured out their disappointment and bitterness at a UN summit on Sunday over the treatment of their countries...

AFPMarch 5, 2023

A woman holds a child showing cholera symptoms at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in a poor neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 7, 2022

Business

UN chief condemns rich countries ‘vicious’ tactics against poor

UN leader Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world’s rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling...

AFPMarch 4, 2023

World

US World Bank pick a straight-talker who ‘gets things done’

The United States’ candidate to lead the World Bank, Ajay Banga, has helmed large institutions and “helped bring 500 million unbanked people into the...

AFPFebruary 23, 2023

World

Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO to lead World Bank

US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Washington is nominating former Mastercard Chief Executive Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, after its current...

AFPFebruary 23, 2023