Today, the world pauses to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, an annual reminder of the urgent need to protect and restore land degraded by human activity and climate change. The 2025 commemoration, held under the theme “Restore the Land, Unlock the Opportunities,” is being hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, where delegates from…
The confirmation of a new agreement between the United States and China, emerging from high-stakes talks in London, has sent ripples through global markets–and rightly so. While the deal falls short of resolving the deep-rooted economic rivalry between the two superpowers, it signals a crucial shift: a move away from escalation toward a more stable…
Tunisian heavyweights Esperance opened their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign with a 2-0 defeat against Brazilian side Flamengo in Philadelphia on Monday night. The result that propels the Copa Libertadores holders to the top of Group D alongside Chelsea after the first round of matches. Goals in either half from Giorgian de Arrascaeta and…
Al Ahly and Inter Miami shared the spoils in a goalless but gripping encounter that kicked off the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. In a game filled with drama, chances, and brilliant goalkeeping on Saturday night, neither side could find the breakthrough in what proved to be a frustrating night for…
Freetown — The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), two core analytical reports that provide essential insights into the country’s economic and climate challenges, offering strategic pathways for sustainable growth and resiliencee. “These reports provide a comprehensive roadmap for addressing the economic…
Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent’s fast-growing economies. There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint report that was…
Nice, France — While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state–an area equivalent to the entire European Continent. And for the first time, 22 Pacific Island countries and territories have pledged to manage 100 percent of the Blue Pacific Continent sustainably and protect…
12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated mica industry. The silicate is used in paints,…
