Development

Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers are twice as likely to be online, according to a new UNICEF analysis issued...

As violent clashes in Sudan continue, UNICEF and the child-focused NGOs World Vision and Save the Children are highlighting the danger to children if the current ceasefire is not respected by all parties. Millions of vulnerable...

Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, founded by Tadao Ando, will construct a children’s library in Dhaka. This was revealed when a group lead by Tadao paid a visit to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Akasaka Palace...

On Tuesday, the UN chief of mission in Sudan condemned the “disregard for the laws and norms of war” in the fighting, which has seen people and hospitals attacked. “Both of the warring parties have fought...

In the German capital, traffic has been severely disrupted by demonstrators from the previous generation of climate change. “We will no longer accept that the government has no plan to stop the destruction of our livelihoods,”...

In a battle against time before it melts away owing to climate change, scientists have succeeded in saving samples of ancient Arctic ice for analysis, they reported this week. Eight researchers from France, Italy, and Norway...

Ancient Iraqi wonders that have withstood centuries of warfare and destruction now confront a contemporary threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change. In a nation plagued by rising heat and protracted...

According to a global research, men own more mobile devices than women do, with a gender difference in account ownership of mobile money accounts of 55% in Bangladesh. According to the GSMA’s annual study titled “State...

On Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned clashes in Sudan that killed dozens of civilians, including three UN Food and Agriculture Organization workers, and demanded prompt justice for the victims. Guterres “strongly condemns the deaths and...

Germany turned off its final three nuclear reactors on Saturday, leaving nuclear power while attempting to wean itself off fossil fuels and handle an energy crisis precipitated by the Ukraine war. While many Western countries are...