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Sunny Verghese, CEO of food and ag company Olam Group, speaks at Coins2Day Global Forum in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Conferences

The world is about $4.5 trillion short of securing a sustainable food supply for the future, global food and ag business CEO says

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October 28, 2025
China and U.S. agree on something as Washington supports Beijing-sponsored UN resolution urging rich countries to close widening AI gap
Politics

China and U.S. agree on something as Washington supports Beijing-sponsored UN resolution urging rich countries to close widening AI gap

By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated Press
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Melinda French Gates urges bold action from world leaders gathered in Paris to tackle poor nations’ debt woes
Leadership

Melinda French Gates urges bold action from world leaders gathered in Paris to tackle poor nations’ debt woes

By Margaret Collins, Shawn Donnan and Bloomberg
June 18, 2023
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Finance

‘Excessive’ policy choices could trigger an economic downturn even worse than the 2008 recession, UN agency says

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October 3, 2022
Shot of David Malpass, President of the World Bank, speaking on stage
Finance

The World Bank chief warns ‘perfect storm’ of stagflation and global recession: ‘A tough reality confronts the global economy’

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September 29, 2022
A firefighter uses a drip torch during the Mosquito fire near Volcanoville, California in September 2022
Environment

The UN is warning that climate change impacts are entering ‘uncharted territories of destruction’

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September 13, 2022
Pfizer says it will slash drug prices for the poorest nations. But the devil is in the details
Health

Pfizer says it will slash drug prices for the poorest nations. But the devil is in the details

By Drew Armstrong and Bloomberg
May 25, 2022
Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele
The Coins

El Salvador’s crypto-loving president is hosting the Davos for Bitcoin with more than 40 countries represented

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May 16, 2022
U.S. dollar set to strengthen as COVID delta variant hits countries with low vaccine rates
Finance

U.S. dollar set to strengthen as COVID delta variant hits countries with low vaccine rates

By Colleen Goko, Netty Ismail, Maria Elena Vizcaino and Bloomberg
July 5, 2021
Protesters march to urge politicians to act against climate change in Paris

UN-Backed Fund Pledges $1 Billion for Climate Projects in Developing Countries

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October 22, 2018
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Tech

Facebook Launches Instagram Lite With Its Eyes Set on the Developing World

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June 28, 2018
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Tech

Research Shows Mobile Banking Lifting Hundreds of Thousands from Poverty

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December 10, 2016
Views Around The NTPC Ltd. Badarpur Coal Plant As World's Worst Air Spurs Clean Up

India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Deal

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October 2, 2016
Haitian flag makers unfurling a piece at the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Through Folk Art, Some of the World’s Poorest Entrepreneurs Find Financial Hope

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August 4, 2016
World Bank Seen Naming NYU’s Romer as Next Chief Economist
Finance

World Bank Seen Naming NYU’s Romer as Next Chief Economist

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July 17, 2016

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