World Athletics unveils plan for new competition with record $10mn prize pot Date Monday, June 03, 2024 - 7:15 AM Description Ultimate Championship event will aim to lure elite athletes in effort to expand the sport’s global appeal
World Bank leader says climate loss and damage fund is a ‘beginning’ Date Friday, December 01, 2023 - 12:01 PM Description Money from historic agreement would not be made available before ‘sometime next year’
World Bank lender to poorest nations seeks record funding haul Image Date Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 11:00 PM Description Debt and climate-change-related crises increase need for International Development Association’s assistance
World Bank lifts China growth forecast but calls for deeper reforms Date Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - 10:50 PM Description Multilateral lender says greater detail of policies is needed to bolster household and business confidence
World Bank unit lambasts Pakistan over army-backed energy talks Date Monday, February 24, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description IFC and development lenders urge authorities to rethink move to reopen negotiations to slash power costs
World Bank ‘optimistic’ about giant African hydro project Date Thursday, February 08, 2024 - 5:00 AM Description Revival of the Grand Inga Hydropower Project seems more likely now than it has been in years
World Bank’s strategy on gender-based violence must include NGOs Date Monday, January 22, 2024 - 11:30 AM Description Organisations on the ground are key to tackling sextortion and stopping corruption
World champion crushed in freestyle chess Date Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 8:43 AM Description Puzzle: Just a single line of play — can you find it in half an hour?
World champion Ding makes comeback at ‘chess Wimbledon’ Image Date Monday, January 15, 2024 - 5:01 AM Description Puzzle: White resigned! Can you do better?
World economy faces pressures similar to 1920s slump, warns Lagarde Date Friday, September 20, 2024 - 9:15 AM Description ECB president highlights parallels between two eras but says modern central bankers have tools to manage structural change