A 14-year-old Palestinian-American teen was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank village of Turmusaya, ...

The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake one week ago that struck Myanmar rose to 3,354 people as millions have been ...

Myanmar, already struggling with earthquake recovery, now faces a 44 per cent US tariff under Donald Trump's trade policy, ...

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations’ annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what’s produced by 200 US households in a year — sparking accusations ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a USD 6 billion benchmark bond that matures in March 2030. The ...

Myanmar earthquake updates ... Power outages and fuel shortages are also to blame. The World Health Organisation has sounded the alarm for an “urgent need for trauma and surgical care, blood ...

Madagascar, one of the world’s poorest countries, was hit with a rate of 47 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

December 11, 2024 Myanmar's economy to shrink as floods compound crisis, says World Bank Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 1% in the current fiscal year, the World Bank said on Wednesday ...

Washington, March 18, 2025 — The World Bank Group convened the second annual Global Digital Summit today, bringing together public and private sector leaders to expand our digital technology ...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio defended the limited US response to Myanmar's devastating earthquake, citing the dismantling of humanitarian aid infrastructure under the Trump administration.