Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Delicate symmetries The piece – Discovery – is currently on display at the National Museum of Stained Glass in Switzerland. (Courtesy: Oksana Kondratyeva) London-based artist Oksana Kondratyeva has ...

Gardaí said an area in Donabate will continue to be searched in the coming days Tusla, the Irish state agency responsible for child welfare and protection, has confirmed it last had dealings five ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cases dismissed. After roughly two years of litigation, charges against 15 people who had been alleged 'fake electors' for then-Republican candidate Donald Trump in Michigan's ...

10/25/19 UPDATED: This review has been updated with test results for both the Escape 1.5L and 2.0L models. The redesigned 2020 Ford Escape comes to market this fall at a time when compact SUVs have ...

HIGHS Two killer powertrains, ballistic performance, adequate passenger-and-cargo passenger space for four. LOWS Un-sexy look for a Ferrari, V-12 returns awful fuel economy—but only the former really ...

Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, a figure expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050, posing significant challenges for jobs, housing, and infrastructure. The World Bank is ...

To enhance debt transparency, the World Bank's Debt Statistics Program is redesigning the Debtor Reporting System (DRS). Help us make sure the methodologies and standards we develop are robust, ...

International Migrants Day gives us a special opportunity to shine a spotlight on the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants around the world. It's also a day for us to highlight the ...

When is the next lunar eclipse? The next lunar eclipse will be a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026. It will be visible from start to finish across Western North America and Eastern Australia and ...

Stellar image: The winning image captures the core of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) in exceptional detail (courtesy: Weitang Liang, Qi Yang, Chuhong Yu) Photographers Weitang Liang, Qi Yang and Chuhong ...