The bottled water industry is expected to grow to $500 billion a year in sales but isn't aligned with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
More than 1 million bottles of water are sold worldwide every minute, but a shift in consumer spending could help billions of people get clean drinking water and curb plastic pollution, a U.N. University report found.
The U.N.U.'s Institute for Water, Environment and Health said Thursday that less than half the bottled water industry's $270 billion a year in sales is needed to provide safe water for 2 billion people who lack it.
Minimum wage workers in the E.U. had the most purchasing power in Germany and the least in Estonia.
The South African president invoked Nelson Mandela's emphasis on global 'interdependence' and cooperation.
Billionaires' wealth 'surged' by US$2 trillion in a year, while 44% of the world population lives on less than US$6.85 a day.
The global organization forecasts some improvement in the world economy but says Trump's plans cloud the outlook.
The Trump administration's erosion of U.S. policy as Europe's main protector played out in a series of U.N. votes on Ukraine.
The coalition Merz forms will greatly influence his ability to govern the country or to strengthen multilateral institutions.
Trump's embrace of Putin and contempt for long-established transatlantic ties is an existential crisis for Europe and NATO.
More than 30 years later, Ukraine is fighting for its survival as it laments the Budapest Memorandum's broken promises.
