Battle for development cash heats up at IMF/World Bank meetings

Development agencies gathering in Washington this week face one of their toughest battles in years: getting a rich world worried about wars abroad and elections at home to commit more cash to the ... Read More

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But the most bitter ... He’s setting out a “progressive realist” policy — and forging ties on the U.S. right, just in case. The short answer may be nothing. The world’s top doping ... Read More

'World's most expensive dinner' costs nearly £400k a head – and it's in space

A company is to offer the world's most expensive dinner - and it's in space. SpaceVIP say they will host six diners in a balloon on the edge of space at $495k (£391k) a head. The New York firm ... Read More

The World's Most Peaceful Countries

But between systemic racism ... That’s why we wanted to celebrate a bit of positive news and look at the countries that are ranked the most peaceful in the world. Each year, the Institute ... Read More

111-year-old becomes world's oldest living man, attributes longevity to luck

NEW DELHI: The ... It's a sort of ongoing experience... It's getting a little better but not all that much yet. It's going the right way." (With inputs from Reuters) For more news like this ... Read More

Middle East

Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank ... a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources and a U.S. official told Reuters. Read More

Interactive map shows world's most dangerous countries to travel to with warning issued

The world is full of incredible places to visit and ... Certain countries have seen a change in their travel status, however. Parts of Africa's Burundi and Mauritania, once completely off-limits ... Read More

Taylor Swift Becomes World's First Billionaire From Music

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has joined the ranks of the world's billionaires, according to Forbes' World’s Billionaires list. Ranked at number 14 with a net worth of $1.1 billion, she is the ... Read More

Ukraine gets $1.5 bln funding tranche under World Bank programme

March 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine has received a $1.5 billion tranche of funding under a World Bank programme ... the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia ... Read More

23 of the world's most valuable treasures that are still missing

Tsarskoe Selo was captured by Germany in 1941 during World War II, and the room's panels and ... who would later become a Roman emperor. The Second Temple, at that time the most important ... Read More

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The world’s top doping regulator said there was “no credible evidence” to take further action. By Andrew Das, Joe Ward and Matthew Cullen ... Read More