The Latest Breaking News from the Global South

Countries outside of today's AI hotspots will have to pool their resources, with each providing part of a recipe that includes computing power, investment and people.

Following the death of Pope Francis, ​​the Catholic Church begins its election process.

COMMENT: Donald Trump wants a quick end to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. But his focus makes it easy to overlook America’s declining influence in the global South, Mark Almond writes

Since the Industrial Revolution, country after country has turned to fossil fuels to power their transport and industry.

The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the global south. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardised by the increased temperatures, extreme weather events and sea level rise.

In a cruel case of injustice heaped upon injustice, the people who stand to suffer the most from climate change have the least responsibility for causing it and the fewest resources to avoid its ravages.

China is gradually establishing itself as a major player in what has recently been called the Global South, previously known as the Non-Aligned Movement. Over the last few decades, China has become the world’s biggest creditor of developing countries. That has prompted many to fear that it will subjugate partners…

While artificial intelligence (AI) promises immense benefits, it also imposes tremendous risks. Some of them - accelerating misinformation, sophisticated cyber attacks and soaring energy consumption - have already arrived. Others, including super intelligent machines that take decisions independently of human oversight, are likely still a few years away. Although awareness…

Efforts to redress global inequality are facing an unexpected adversary: the white saviour. It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or North, need “saving” by a white Western person or aid worker.