The World Bank on Monday said it would invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods in 11 African ...

The World Bank will merge parts of IDA, IBRD and IFC from January 2026, add a knowledge chief and consolidate corporate teams ...

Walt Disney Co's release of "Mulan", which is set in China and meant to appeal to audiences there, has provoked a backlash on social media over its star's support of Hong Kong police and for being ...

The Octagon Earthworks here speak to us from 2,000 years ago — and they speak to the fraught cultural moment in which we find ...

Animator Haneen Koraz is helping Gaza’s children turn their trauma into art, creating stop-motion films that echo resilience ...

Animated map of Israeli settlements and outposts established in the occupied West Bank each year from 1967 to September 2025, based on data from UN OCHA, Peace Now, and Crisis Group analysed by AFP ...

The Trump Administration is advocating for the World Bank to increase its financing for oil and gas projects, a reversal of its previous policy to cease funding new fossil fuel ventures after 2019.

HANOI (Reuters) -The World Bank on Monday trimmed its forecast for Vietnam's economic growth on evidence that U.S. tariffs were starting to have an impact on the Southeast Asian exporter's shipments.

The new animated film Light of the World is a refreshing faith-filled movie that highlights the Gospels in a way that will excite youngsters about Jesus and enthrall adults, too. One major key to its ...

The World Bank today released the 20th edition of its Air Transport Annual Report, presenting a comprehensive overview of the global aviation sector’s performance in FY2024 and the Bank’s growing ...

Asia’s industrial sector is home to a $1.7 trillion clean investment opportunity, according to a new World Bank analysis – and doing so could cut the equivalent of 16% of global carbon emissions in ...