Olivier De Schutter says that a new economic agenda is needed to tackle the crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse.
He has abducted the president of Venezuela and can do so again if Maduro’s successor upsets him. He has Cuba under sanctions and Greenland under threat. Epstein and aristocratic sleaze will be quietly ...
Poland once was in economic ruins when communism fell more than three decades ago. Now it's the 20th largest economy in the ...
Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in Geneva on Monday. He ...
Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on where you look.
When presented with the question of where life might become most perilous by the year 2050, artificial intelligence, cross-referen ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2026—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved financing to help 2.3 million people in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh rebuild more resilient ...
The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up.
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Housing affordability around the world

As the cost of housing rises globally, The World takes a look at how different cities around the world are trying to cope. We ...
Because of greater exposure to disruptions in the Middle East, such as high natural gas prices, businesses and consumers outside the U.S. are being hit harder by the war in Iran.
Poor countries face energy shortages and economic crisis as the Gulf conflict disrupts oil supplies, with Pakistan, Egypt and ...