Close to 40 percent of World Bank climate financing over the past seven years is currently unaccounted for, Oxfam said in a new report published Wednesday, blaming poor record-keeping.

The world's 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any time since ...

A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is "out of reach," said the World Bank on Tuesday, adding it could take three decades or more to do so.

The World Bank voted on Tuesday to change its internal lending guidelines, freeing up $30 billion in additional lending ...

The World Bank downgraded its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa as a raging civil war in Sudan stalled activity ...

Data from the external debt stock report of the Debt Management Office shows that Nigeria owes the World Bank a total of $15.59 billion as of March 31, 2024. On Tuesday, The PUNCH reported that 20 ...

The 2024 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group will convene in Washington, D.C., October 21 to 26, bringing together influential leaders from government, ...

By Emily Sanderson Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON, Ohio (WLWT) — A 75-year-old Hamilton woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to robbing a bank in Fairfield Township back in ...

World News // 14 hours ago Public inquiry opens in Britain in to death of woman caught up in Russian nerve agent attack Oct. 14 (UPI) -- An independent public inquiry got underway in Britain in to ...

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Royal Caribbean canceled an upcoming voyage for “Icon of the Seas,” the world’s largest cruise ship. The ship, which was initially supposed to set sail Sept. 28, 2024, had to be docked due ...

ST. ROSE, La. (AP) — A fire department official shut down a public hearing overseen by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a proposed ammonia production facility as public ...