NNW Bureau

NEW YORK—The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Union of Credit and Investment Insurers (Berne Union) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen how trade and investment insurance …

Five match points. Tennis superstar Coco Gauff needed all of them. The American spent more than two hours on court Tuesday (12 May) at the Italian Open 2026 in Rome, twice failing to serve out the …

Will LeBron James play NBA basketball again? That’s the question that’s been on every fan, pundit and reporter’s mind since the Los Angeles Lakers bowed out of the 2026 NBA playoffs on Monday (11 May), after …

USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame coach Laurent Landi is taking the leap into collegiate gymnastics. The University of Georgia announced Tuesday (12 May) that Landi will join his wife, head coach and 1996 Olympian Cécile Canqueteau-Landi, …

South Africa’s Aiden Smith continued his impressive start to the season by winning the first gold medal of the African Athletics Championships 2026 in Accra, Ghana, while Rwanda’s Emeline Imanizayo produced a surprise victory in the women’s …

NASA will hold its 2026 Lunabotics Challenge Tuesday, May 19, to Thursday, May 21, at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.   Links to view the Lunabotics competition live can be …

The next cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station, SpaceX CRS-34, is slated for launch at 7:16 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 12, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space …

SpaceX CRS-34, the next cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station, is counting down to its launch at 7:16 p.m. EDT today, weather pending, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral …

WASHINGTON, MAY 12, 2026 – The Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) today announced the launch of its third phase (2025-2030), with an ambitious objective to expand sustainable national adaptive social protection (ASP) systems …

Despite recent reforms, health services in the Lao PDR continue to underperform. Low public spending on health means that service quality is weak and effective coverage limited. Families face financial …