WASHINGTON - Faced with surging inflation that is hitting poor families especially hard, which has sparked unrest in some countries, policymakers should take immediate steps to offset the pain with targeted and temporary relief, IMF chief…
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By Patricia Cohen Nearly everyone who crossed the Danube on the open-air ferry from Ukraine and landed in the frostbitten Romanian port city of Isaccea on a recent morning had a roller bag and a stopgap plan. One woman planned to join her…
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ROME - Pope Francis called on authorities around the world to do more to help migrants and refugees, in comments to the faithful on the first Sunday of Advent. Directing his words towards governments and militaries, Francis said in St…
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By Nina Lakhani, Michael Safi, Dan Sabbagh, Shaun Walker, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Hannah Ellis-Petersen LONDON - Revelations about the use of spying tools sold to governments by NSO Group sparked furious political rows across the world…
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By Sushil Kutty NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 phone numbers of Indians, most likely not ‘friendly’ with the Modi government, were hacked and infected by military-grade Israeli spyware during the run-up to the 2019 general elections,  which the…
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By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Paul Lewis, David Pegg and Sam Cutler LONDON - Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli…
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GENEVA - Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka will restrict access to important religious and archaeological sites to its citizens as a group of Ukrainian tourists – the first foreign travellers to the island since the COVID-19 outbreak –visits the sites. The…
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By Fabien Zamora PARIS - Measures imposed by governments to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have squeezed civil liberties worldwide, with authoritarian regimes seeking to exploit the restrictions as a way to shore up their sometimes shaky…
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GENEVA - The World Trade Organization (WTO)  said Wednesday (9) it had received a 900,000-signatory petition calling for patents to be lifted on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The virtual petition, organized by the global citizen…
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