The stakes and the stage and the politics all piled on the intrigue going into the US-Iran game on Tuesday (29) night at the World Cup: a clash between sides whose governments have long been at odds
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NEW YORK - Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against…
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The global financial crisis of 2008 was supposed to have taught the world the dangers of excessive debt. But borrowing has shot up since then. The debt of governments, companies and households was 195% of global GDP in 2007, according to…
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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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