The World Bank in Burundi

A landlocked country in East Africa, Burundi is a low ... at 13.9% of GDP, under pressure from soaring oil prices and weak exports, notably due to delays in resuming negotiations on mining contracts ... Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might ... Profits for the two oil giants, which are locked in a standoff over drilling off the coast of Guyana, were squeezed by lower ... Read More

Flooding wreaks havoc across East Africa. Burundi is especially hard-hit

Deadly floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of East Africa that face torrential rainfall. Burundi's government is calling for international help to deal with the aftermath. Read More

Does the world face a retirement crisis?

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Taiwan Condemns 'Shameless' China's Thanks for Global Sympathy on Quake

Taiwan's foreign ministry expressed anger at the remarks. The ministry "solemnly condemns China's shameless ... governments and leaders around the world for their messages of concern and offers ... Read More

Chris Wallace Condemns World Central Kitchen Deaths Amid Israel-Hamas War

Sometime over these six months, continuing to fight this war, this way, became unacceptable.” The group of World Central Kitchen workers killed in the attack included three British citizens ... Read More

Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region

Even so, Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign ... Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

US foreign-born population shatters record as border crisis escalates

The immigrant population has exploded by an unprecedented 6.4 million under President Biden amid the migrant crisis — an increase ... anything like this before over a three-year period of ... Read More

EU foreign affairs chief condemns Gaza aid worker airstrike deaths

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday condemned the killing of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) employees in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. "I pay tribute to the [World Central Kitchen ... Read More

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By Jason Horowitz and Rachel Chaundler The rapper, Toomaj Salehi, was initially arrested after releasing music in support of the 2022 protests over the ... a team in the world’s richest sports ... Read More

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Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively ... mix that has driven him away from mainstream politics. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) FILE – European ... Read More