Global markets close the week on a cautiously positive note
Global financial markets ended Friday with investors balancing slowing US economic data against improving prospects for lower interest rates. Equity ...
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Month: July 2026
US aid-for-data deals meet African resistance
Several African governments are pushing back against proposals that would link United States healthcare assistance to access to citizens' health ...
Sydney records hottest June on record as climate experts warn of global warming trend
Sydney has experienced its hottest June since official records began in 1859, with Australia's Bureau of Meteorology reporting that the ...
Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
United States President Donald Trump officially launched the country's 250th Independence Day celebrations with a politically charged speech, warning that ...
2. The rusty sign by the road
Why do so many development projects disappear? If good intentions were enough, the developing world would look very different today. ...
On this day: America at 250, a nation marks a historic milestone
Two hundred and fifty years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the United States is today celebrating one ...
1. From aid to access
Why do so many development projects disappear? Across Africa, Asia and much of the developing world, there is a familiar ...
Beyond Aid: Rethinking development in the twenty-first century
A new six-part series exploring whether financial inclusion could become one of the missing foundations of sustainable development. For more ...
Uganda military chief escalates media crackdown with shutdown orders and threat against executive
Uganda’s media landscape has come under renewed pressure after the country’s military chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, ordered the closure of ...
US declines USMCA renewal as annual review approach reshapes North American trade
The United States has declined to renew the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) under its existing framework, with the Trump administration ...