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World Bank approves $1.4b emergency financing for Bangladesh

The World Bank package comprises two projects aimed at helping the country manage external shocks and maintain economic stability.

Climate-vulnerable countries push for global funding framework

A new initiative seeks to address the financing gaps left by years of global crises, more frequent and extreme droughts, hurricanes or floods, and what some say is a mispricing of sovereign risk that pushes up poorer countries’ borrowing costs.

Russia, Iran lead surge in gas flaring, dimming global hopes to end the practice

A yacht sails past a gas flare at Portovaya Bay on the coast of the Gulf of Finland in the Leningrad Region, Russia August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Myanmar inflation hits 25% on US-Iran fuel shock: World Bank

Inflation for the 12 months to the end of March came in at 21.1 per cent in Myanmar.

One frugal table, three money scripts: Why siblings spend very differently

Money is never just money. It is deeply layered with emotional meaning.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 30, 2026

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates near a crude oil reserve in the Permian Basin oil field near Midland, Texas, U.S. February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Eli Hartman/File Photo

IMF, World Bank, others warn Middle East war is straining global energy supplies

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates near a crude oil reserve in the Permian Basin oil field near Midland, Texas, U.S. February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Eli Hartman/File Photo

World Bank document shows 27 countries seeking to ensure access to crisis funds

World Bank objects to Uganda bill to regulate purported foreign agents

Venezuela’s melting 'permafrost' draws debt investors' optimism

FILE PHOTO: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva takes part in \"Debate on the Global Economy\" during the 2026 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

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