Africa’s Sovereign Funds Move to Capture the Continent’s Growing SDG Investment Opportunity
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire — The African Development Bank and the African Sovereign Investors Forum are deepening their partnership to mobilize African capital for major infrastructure projects, positioning the continent’s sovereign wealth funds to play a larger role in financing one of the world’s greatest emerging investment opportunities: Africa’s sustainable development. The institutions signed a declaration […]
El Salvador Eliminates World’s Leading Infectious Cause of Blindness
WHO validates historic public health milestone as Central America’s first trachoma-free nation El Salvador has become the first country in Central America to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced, marking a major milestone in the global effort to end the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. The achievement […]
UN Prepares $100 Million Emergency Response as El Niño Threatens Millions Across the Developing World
New forecasts warn the climate pattern could intensify humanitarian crises already fueled by conflict, displacement and funding shortfalls. The United Nations is preparing to mobilize up to $100 million in emergency funding as forecasters warn that a new El Niño weather pattern could trigger widespread droughts, flooding and extreme heat across some of the world’s […]
Trump Moves to Charge the World for Passage Through Strait of Hormuz
The proposed 20% transit fee could add tens of millions of dollars to a single oil shipment, sending energy markets higher and raising new questions over international maritime law. Proposed Toll Sends Shockwaves Through Global Shipping President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose a 20 percent fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz could […]
“Greenland Is a Problem for Us”: Trump’s Fixation Reopens NATO Wounds at a Dangerous Moment for the West
As Washington leans harder on Europe over Iran, Ukraine, Russia and China, the president’s remarks about Greenland are again testing the trust of one of America’s most loyal allies. When President Donald Trump said during the NATO Summit that “Greenland is a problem for us,” he was right. Just not in the way he meant. […]
In Memoriam: Wally Funk, Who Refused to Let the Sky Be the Limit
Wally Funk, the pioneering American aviator who broke barriers for women in flight and, six decades after being denied a path to NASA’s astronaut corps, finally reached space at age 82, has died at 87. Her life was one of the great American stories of perseverance: a woman who passed the tests, challenged the rules, […]
U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Fragile Ceasefire Collapses
The latest American strikes mark a sharp escalation in the renewed fight over the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran responding by targeting U.S.-aligned Gulf states. A New Round of U.S. Strikes The United States carried out a new wave of strikes inside Iran this week, deepening a military confrontation that has already strained energy markets, […]
Pope Leo XIV Brings Moral Imperative to AI for Good Summit: ‘Dialogue Is Essential to the Common Good’
GENEVA — As global leaders, researchers, governments and technology companies gather at the AI for Good Global Summit, one of the summit’s most consequential interventions came not from a laboratory or boardroom, but from the Vatican. In a message delivered on behalf of Pope Leo XIV, the pontiff urged participants to place human dignity at […]
AI ‘Killer Robots’ Move to Center Stage as UN Pushes for Global Rules at Geneva Summit
Secretary-General António Guterres warns that AI governance can no longer remain theoretical as military applications accelerate, calling for international safeguards that keep pace with rapidly advancing technology. GENEVA — As the AI for Good Global Summit continues in Geneva, one of its most consequential messages has emerged not from a discussion of innovation, but from […]
NATO Unveils More Than $50 Billion in Defense Contracts as Alliance Accelerates Rearmament
Ankara summit shifts from spending pledges to concrete capability investments, signaling a new phase in NATO’s military modernization ANKARA — NATO leaders opened their summit in Ankara by unveiling approximately $50 billion (€43 billion) in new multinational defense procurement contracts, marking one of the alliance’s largest coordinated capability investments in recent years and underscoring a […]
