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French President Emmanuel Macron underlined the global need to fight malnutrition amid uncertainty over global development aid funding, as Paris hosts the Nutrition for Growth summit. By the end of the first day, the summit had seen pledges of €25 billion.

Facing destroyed infrastructure and limited control of energy supplies, off-grid options like solar are helping Pal

IN FOCUS: The evidence shows international aid – when spent correctly – can bring tremendous benefits and save millions of lives, writes expert and author Stefan Dercon. But if helping people cope with deprivation won’t convince the Maga crowd, advocates of aid spending will have to try a different argument

Donald Trump’s animosity toward multilateralism and international organizations is well known. Just hours after taking office on Jan 20, 2025, the U.S. president announced his intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization and the Paris agreement on climate change.

Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022. Alicja Hagopian and Tom Watling report on the many costs of Putin’s war

Israel, seemingly with the US president’s blessing, has kept troops inside Lebanon. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming. Renewed conflict with Hezbollah is looming, says Mohamad Bazzi, director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

A festival in a frigid park on the edge of the world's coldest capital in February might not sound like a crowd-puller -- but in Mongolia an inaugural celebration of nomadic culture was in fine fettle this week.

A long-planned bank to fund oil and gas projects in Africa must balance profit with climate considerations, experts say.

African nation relies on US and other foreign donors to help fund healthcare projects and schools