Reconnect with nature Updated 12 Sep, 2025 07:05am EDITORIAL: A new World Bank report, “Reboot Development: The Economics of a Liveable Planet”, spotlights a...
Tackling inequality Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am EDITORIAL: In a perfect reflection of the way global income and wealth disparities have grown exponentially in our...
Hunger hit 9pc of world population in 2023: UN Published 25 Jul, 2024 06:24am PARIS: Conflict, economic turbulence and extreme weather scuppered efforts to curb hunger last year, with around ...
UN says world population to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:39pm NEW YORK: Earth’s population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.3 billion people, then drop slightly to a level...
UN hails $4.8bn in new pledges to boost global connectivity Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am GENEVA: The United Nations said Monday that it had raked in $4.8 billion in new pledges towards closing the global...
UN talks seek to fix ‘broken’ food system Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:07am In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
More than 60pc of world now on social media: study Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:06am PARIS: Nearly five billion people, or slightly more than 60 percent of the world’s population, are active on ...
World Population Day: Message from Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Chief Secretary, Sindh Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am TEXT: The “World Population Day” is celebrated globally on 11th July to draw attention to the growing population...
Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion Published 15 Nov, 2022 12:23pm SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that...