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Pete Hegseth announces Trump’s new ‘Greater North American’ Western Hemisphere map — it’s the US against ‘the global south’

The Western Hemisphere is getting a MAGA makeover.

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Poor brain health costs the world economy $5 trillion a year. The world is waking up to the crisis

I'm the founding chairman of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative and I see a difference this year: the world is realizing that brains are infrastructure.

Fortune

From Grief to Purpose: The Son Turning His Mother’s Cancer Battle Into Hope for Millions

Walk into Bharat Mandapam this week and you can feel it right away. The noise. The movement. The sense that everyone is talking about the future at the same time. India is hosting the AI Impact Summit 2026, and it’s big. Startups are pitching. Policymakers are debating. Tech leaders are…

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Bridging the Global North-South gap through infrastructure, innovation and investment

Connectivity is seen as crucial to bridging the gap between countries in the Global North and the Global South, according to Asian leaders gathered at Davos to discuss how southern countries can take a more active role in shaping global trends.

Euronews

WaterForWellness: A Strategic Vanguard in the Global Fight Against Water Scarcity

Transitioning into a specialized entity, W4W, supported by the foundational expertise of the Queen Zaynab Foundation is scaling its operations to address the intersection of climate change and essential resource security across the Global South.

International Business Times

DeepSeek's AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft report says

DeepSeek, China's leading artificial intelligence start-up, is popular in countries such as Belarus, Russia, Syria, Iran and Ethiopia, according to a new Microsoft study.

Euronews

Europe falls behind in AI adoption as Gen Z in emerging economies embrace it, OECD report

Generation Z and young millennials in the Global South are embracing AI at much higher rates than their European counterparts, according to a new survey from the OECD.

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AI and tech are potentially the biggest equalizers Africa has ever seen, former Nvidia exec says

"Within the next five to 10 years, we're going to see African intelligence being exported in other countries across the Global South."

Fortune

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after opposition leader who praised Trump wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan foreign ministry said it was reallocating resources to focus on the global south but made no mention of Maria Corina Machado

The Independent UK

Venezuela Closes Embassy in Norway Days After Opposition Leader's Nobel, Citing Need to 'Defend National Sovereignty'

The Venezuelan government announced on Monday that it is closing its embassy in Norway and shifting diplomatic resources toward the Global South after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Latin Times

World Governments Summit redefines global relations empowering South America

By fostering cooperation among the Global South, the WGS prioritises sustainable development and innovative transport solutions, aiming to reshape regional dynamics and elevate South America’s influence on the world stage.

Euronews

A Multipolar Financial World Might Be What We Needed All Along

When the global financial order was designed in the 1940s, the West, primarily the U.S., Canada, and Europe, represented about 35% of the world's population and almost 70% of its GDP.

International Business Times

A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like

On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed event in which 26 world leaders were offered a podium view of Beijing’s impressive military might.

The Conversation

How international aid cuts are eroding refugee protections in the Global South

Cuts to humanitarian aid by the United States government under Donald Trump are triggering a global dismantling of humanitarian infrastructure, which is severely undermining asylum systems.

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The Independent UK

Voices: A post-foreign aid world needs to be built on transformational tax and trade policies

COMMENT: As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel Kaboub

Euronews

EU credibility at risk over Israel stance, warns ex-ambassador

The inconsistent application of international law on Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank is damaging Europe’s credibility with the Global South, with which the EU aims to strengthen trade ties, former EU Ambassador to Palestine tells Euronews.

The Conversation

Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march

In 2020, as Latin American countries were contending with the triple challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global economic shock and U.S. policy under the first Trump administration, Jorge Heine, research professor at Boston University and a former Chilean ambassador, in association with two colleagues, Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami,…

Fortune

Central banks expect to swap out more of their U.S. dollar reserves for gold as greenback’s safe-haven status weakens

Those in the Global South are actively shifting their own reserves toward gold at a much faster rate than advanced economies to reduce their U.S. dollar exposure amid growing trade protectionism.

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International Business Times

India A Voice For Global South At G7, Says Foreign Minister

India, whose leader has been invited to the G7 starting on Sunday, is eager to represent the Global South on the world stage, acting as a "bridge" between different countries, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.

Al Jazeera

German court rejects Peruvian farmer’s climate case against RWE

Judge rules that companies ‘may be obligated to take preventive measures’ to counter their emissions.

Fortune

Decentralizing computing power is key to avoiding an AI divide between the wealthy and 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.

Al Jazeera

Pope wanted: What are cardinals looking for in a new leader?

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

The Conversation

Rating agencies don’t treat the Global South fairly: changes South Africa should champion in G20 hot seat

Credit rating agencies like S&P Global and Fitch have an outsized influence on the economic fortunes of developing countries. Their assessments shape investor perceptions, influence borrowing costs, and ultimately shape a country’s development path. With many African countries now issuing bonds in global markets amid falling levels of official development…

The Conversation

While the U.S. threatens tariffs and builds walls around its economy, China opens up

The United States is threatening to impose tariffs on its major trading partners. In the meantime, China is consolidating its position as the world’s manufacturing and technological innovation hub by increasing trade with the Global South.

The Conversation

Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers.

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