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Will Trump Crack the Mystery of COVID’s Origin?

Brahma Chellaney GENEVA, JAN 13 (PS) : The COVID-19 pandemic killed an estimated 7.1 million people worldwide, causing global life expectancy to decline by 1.6 years between 2019 and 2021. It disrupted economies, destroyed livelihoods, and strained social cohesion in many countries. Yet no one has been held accountable for

Fintech Must Embrace Universal Inclusion

Regulatory frameworks must include incentives for financial-services institutions to disclose their progress on universal-inclusion metrics, making these results as fundamental

The Biodiversity Crisis Is a Security Crisis

Financing from developed economies to their developing counterparts is supposed to reach at least $20 billion per year by 2025

European Security Cannot Be Found in the Past

France and Great Britain are already supplying cruise missiles with the range needed to hit the Russian army’s supply lines

China’s Overcapacity Can Help the World

Chinese overcapacity looked like the result of state subsidies, and that it had reached a scale that was disrupting international

The Middle East Needs a Ceasefire Now

To be sure, rebuilding Gaza will take years and require a significant international effort. But achieving an effective, enforceable regional

Overcoming the Development-Project Implementation Gap

UNOPS runs operations in over 80 countries on behalf of the UN system and global partners, such as the World

The South China Sea Could Boil Over

This is unlikely to change any time soon. With the wars in Ukraine and Gaza stretching American military resources thin,

The Zombification of Political Parties

Trump is hardly the only far-right populist leader to have subjugated a political party to his will. The hijacking of

What We Can Do About Food Insecurity

A good example is ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a fortified peanut paste that helps 92% of acutely malnourished children recover,