
How COVID-19 has affected where - and even whether - people want to relocate for work
Around 114 million people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, according to the latest International Labour Organization monitor.
Around 114 million people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, according to the latest International Labour Organization monitor.
"Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary ...
“虽然我可能是这间办公室的第一位女性,但我不会是最后一个。因为今晚所有正在观看选举的女孩都知道这是一个充满可能性的国家。”
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”
From Greta Thunberg to Sir David Attenborough, the headline-grabbing climate change activists and environmentalists of today are predominantly white. But like many areas of society, those...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has made history – becoming the first woman and the first African ever to hold the post of director-general of the World Trade Organization.
Women across the world have made an enormous contribution to the global efforts to tackle COVID-19. Not only do women make up 70% of the world’s health workers and first responders, women...
COVID-19 vaccination intent has risen in recent weeks, according to a new Ipsos-World Economic Forum survey.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital innovation around the globe – including spurring on a revolution in telemedicine.
En el último año, la pandemia del coronavirus COVID-19 ha devastado vidas y medios de subsistencia en todo el mundo, dejando al descubierto las desigualdades estructurales, y poniendo de ...
Over the past year, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has devastated lives and livelihoods across the globe, laying bare structural inequities - and making clear the urgency of more fairl...
Marian Croak has a unique way of looking at the world. It probably explains why the inventor of one of 2020’s most essential technologies - Voice over Internet Protocol - and Google’s Vic...
As 2020 draws to a close, there are reasons to be optimistic about the global effort to tackle today's most pressing issues.
Corruption thrives in times of crisis. This is the message from the United Nations on International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December.
On 31 December, 2019, the World Health Organization picked up reports of cases of 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan, China.