NNW Bureau

To help address these challenges, the Netherlands has renewed its support for UNESCO’s work to promote freedom of expression and strengthen independent media worldwide. At a signing ceremony held on …

New UNESCO data available here: The Science Decade is harnessing the full spectrum of sciences to address compounding global crises such as climate disruption, inequality and the governance of emerging technologies like AI …

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 – The World Bank today approved a second additional financing of EUR 119.6 million, equivalent to $140 million, for the Republic of Senegal under the Enhancing Connectivity …

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15th, 2026 – The World Bank Group institutions (IBRD, IDA and IFC) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …

Botswana’s economy contracted by 2.8% in 2024 and a further 0.7% in 2025, reflecting the combined impact of weaker diamond revenues, widening fiscal pressures, and limited progress in economic diversification. …

Building on Success: How Korea’s Real Estate Expertise Is Driving Development Korea’s transformation from aid recipient to one of the World Bank’s key donors within a single generation stands as …

The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the war in the Middle East, crude prices …

Malaysia’s Joachim Chuah and Rouqaia Othman of Egypt won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, at the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour 2026 in Chennai on Wednesday. In the men’s singles final, top seed Joachim Chuah defeated Egypt’s Adham …

Alan Rice is counting the months. At 98, the 1956 Olympic American wrestler has LA28 shirts on standby, a series of Olympic-themed puzzles to complete, and is checking in with the wrestlers he …

NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shifting from its original ride into …