Global aid faces a $25 billion funding crisis in 2024, leaving 300 million people without essential humanitarian support as major donors cut budgets. Thirteen countries—including Afghanistan, Yemen, ...

LONDON/NAIROBI, March 11 - Governments and global health groups are working to try to fill the most urgent gaps in the fight against diseases such as malaria and HIV, including sharing tests and ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Tropical rainforests regulate the global climate and sustain the planet’s richest biodiversity. Yet, despite more than a decade of ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. FOR A COUNTRY known for long winters and high taxes, Finland appears remarkably chipper. On March 20th it came top of the ...