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THE UK will have one of the highest inflation rates of any major developed economy this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and…

The global economy is bouncing back from an an energy price spike fed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The UN’s annual World Environment Day on Monday comes days after negotiations on an international treaty against plastic pollution concluded Friday in Paris with 170 nations agreeing to produce a first draft of an accord by November. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the scale of the problem and its…

Developed economies have largely tackled poverty, disease, ignorance, hygiene and idleness. It's time for a new approach.

Failure to provide proper financial support left millions exposed to pandemic, says union boss

South Korea hoped that a 69-hour working week would encourage more women to have children and solve the country's ageing population problem, but women say the real barrier is embedded in the culture.

The second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Recycling is often touted as a solution to reducing plastic waste, but recent studies show the process poses its own risks and is no match for soaring plastic production.

Australia’s federal government has a plan to discourage companies from shifting profits to tax havens. The idea is to impose a “global minimum tax” on large Australian and foreign-owned companies with subsidiaries in low or no-tax countries.

“We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country.”