BERLIN —The "Global Alliance for Food Security" (GAFS), jointly convened by the Group of Seven (G7) Presidency and the World Bank Group to catalyze an immediate and concerted response to...

MARRAKESH – Germany is scaling up its activities relating to decent work in the southern Mediterranean. That was announced today by Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister...

BERLIN – The Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF) set up by the German Development Ministry (BMZ) has the purpose of facilitating lasting protection for the world's most valuable conservation areas. Just before...

Among the many insights from the process of collecting and annotating Voltaire’s writings was the discovery in 2012 of 14 previously unknown letters from Voltaire. They shed new light on...

WASHINGTON – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a $25 million loan for Additional Financing of the Education Improvement Project (EIP) in Armenia. The project will further...

Geneva: WHO and partners are working to better understand the extent and cause of an outbreak of monkeypox. The virus is endemic in some animal populations in a number of...

Nearly 18 months after the first administration of a COVID-19 vaccine, incredible progress has been made – with lower-income countries administering billions of COVID-19 vaccines in a historic global rollout...

Kathmandu: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Davos May 21-24 to engage global leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on private sector climate action...

Kathmandu: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Tokyo, Japan, May 21-24 to accompany President Biden on his first official trip to Asia as President to meet with...

Łódź – Countries of Europe and Central Asia are united in protecting food production, supplies and trade, even during times of war. For days at the Thirty-third Session of the...