Ruling LDP looks to continue aid to struggling Japan firms as pandemic loans end
The party will draw up new support proposals for firms at risk of default, aiming to reflect them in the government’s economic package that will be put together by the end of the month.
Putin’s Ukraine war forces ugly bargains on food and fuel
The war in Ukraine has laid bare the world’s addiction to freely flowing fuel and grain. Disrupted supplies and surging prices will force the have-nots into desperate choices.
Why are nature protection funds not reaching Indigenous peoples?
More international donor funding is being pledged to support Indigenous groups — but this cash usually comes with tight restrictions on how it must be used.
Averting debt disaster in the developing world
The global community needs to do more to pull at risk countries from the brink of debt disaster.
BOJ set to end COVID-relief plan, but no change to loose policy
The winding up of the plan would reflect easing funding strains among small, service-sector firms that were hardest hit by the pandemic.
Sustainable development is a matter of market design
High-level sustainable development objectives need to be implemented at grassroots levels and with the right market structures and incentives.
Pakistan tries to avert lake overflow as U.N. warns of more misery
Flooding, brought by record monsoon rainfall and glacier melt in the north, has impacted 33 million people and killed at least 1,325, including 466 children.
As Pakistan drowns, better climate planning urged to cut risks
Problems from a lack of investment in warning systems to the building of homes in danger zones and a failure of political will to cut fossil fuel use are key drivers, analysts said.
As Mississippi capital endures fourth day without water, aid trickles in
Since the capital's water treatment plant failed, crews have raced to install a temporary pump and make repairs and adjustments to existing equipment.
South Pakistan braces for yet more flooding as waters flow down from north
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,208 people, including 416 children.
World can remain a bystander no more
A disturbing trend is becoming evident: Governments of affluent countries are giving less foreign aid to help the world's poor and hungry.
Japan to help Africa double rice output amid food crisis, draft shows
Tokyo will also urge African countries to ensure transparency when they raise funds for development in light of China's so-called debt-trap diplomacy.
