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Doha, Qatar – Representatives from the world’s poorest nations gathered for a five-day conference to determine how to achieve crucial

Brazilian favela ‘shack’ wins ‘house of the year’ award | Arts and Culture

At first glance, it is a house like dozens of others in the crowded favelas of Brazil. But this seemingly

United States President Joe Biden has nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to become president of the World Bank, hailing

February 24th will mark one year since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in what was the start of Moscow’s full-blown

Hong Kong, China – In an underpass in the central Hong Kong district of Happy Valley, Michael sits at a

At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern

Musa Hasahya Kasera has so many children he can’t remember most of their names. The Ugandan villager is struggling to provide for

Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have

New Delhi, India – On February 1, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will present its last budget for a

At an east London church on a bitterly cold winter’s day, Beautine Wester-Okiya picks her way through boxes of donated