At least 6 million Nigerians affected by the extremist insurgency in northeastern Nigeria need $1.3 billion in aid this year, according to the U.N. office in Nigeria. The 2023 U.N. humanitarian response plan launched on Thursday noted the need for “critical life-saving
The International Monetary Fund delayed a $6 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan over its failure to meet the terms of a previous deal, officials said Friday, as the country struggled with a worsening economic crisis and a deadly wave of violence. Pakistani
An Anglo-French row has erupted over a breakdown of a key £3 billion British aircraft carrier. The British and European companies that built the 65,000-tonne HMS Prince of Wales are now awaiting a government report into the problem, as calls are growing
Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate $7.3 billion to Kyiv as part of a five-year support package that would make the Scandinavian country one of the world’s biggest donors to war-torn Ukraine, the Norwegian government said Monday. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
Natural disasters, many driven by climate change, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, insurance broker Aon estimated on Wednesday, of which less than half was insured. Losses from natural catastrophes covered by the insurance sector amounted to $132 billion,
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s Central Bank chief said Wednesday that the country is making good progress in talks with its creditors to obtain financial assurances for debt restructuring, an important step toward finalizing an International Monetary Fund rescue plan. Sri Lanka is bankrupt
Scientists have captured a specific type of radio signal from a galaxy almost 9 billion light-years away from the Earth – the first time ever a signal like this has been recieved from such a distance. The exciting astronomical first is not
Pakistan’s prime minister said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates agreed to extend a $2 billion loan to his country and provide an additional $1 billion as his nation struggles to recover from devastating floods this summer and a dire economic crisis.
The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner. It’s a sum that’s hard to wrap your head around but what can you buy for nearly $1billion?
The global population will expand more than 7.9 billion people by New Year’s Day – 7,942,645,086 to be exact, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a release this week. The number is a more than 79 million-person increase from January 2022 worldwide.