Global Stories

Natural disasters kill more than 50,000 people and displace tens of millions more each year. The total economic damage amounts to more than $100...

Google and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the National Science, Technology and Innovation...

Gender Diversity in the business world makes a company more productive, as measured by market value and revenue, according to research conducted by Harvard...

Artificial intelligence, while not a silver bullet, could contribute to the multi-pronged efforts to tackle some of the world’s most challenging social problems. Social...

The average consumer is not aware of the staggering and depressing extent of food wastage and food loss in retail. If food has not been...

About 1.7 billion people worldwide are “unbanked,” that is, they do not have an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider....

The idea of environmental racism is controversial. Even in the age of climate change, many people still view the environment mostly as a set...

Smartphones have taken up our lives by a storm. Be it for business, relationships, transportation, or healthcare, we will face a handicap without these...

The earth has warmed by more than a degree Celsius since the 19th century. While this may sound an insignificant rise in temperature, it...

The theme of Globalization 4.0 at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos brought together the current digital revolution and its growing integration...

As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 came to an end on Friday after five days of brainstorming by over 3,000 leaders across...

PepsiCo’s ‘Change the Game’ campus challenge invited millennials to share innovative business ideas for sustainable plastic packaging and recycling, in line with the company’s...