
Davos leaders urger stricter rules for data governance and tech sector
Among the proposals for reining in big tech are the creation of a new system for data oversight and a common digital market.
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Among the proposals for reining in big tech are the creation of a new system for data oversight and a common digital market.
Dire environmental challenges and climate change took center stage at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering.
The global financial institution has acknowledged difficulties in assessing the problem among developing nations.
In the past year at least 80 journalists were killed, 348 were detained in prison and 60 were taken as hostages.
Ahead of U.N. climate talks, studies show carbon dioxide released in 2018 will be the biggest increase in seven years.
Air pollution concentrations tied to greenhouse gases worsened in almost 70% of cities from 2010 to 2016.
The Group of 20 expressed concern about the future of the World Trade Organization, which Trump threatened to leave.
The Financial Stability Board monitors and recommends ways of strengthening the world's financial architecture.
Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity as nations, which could alter the amount of protection — and independence from courts — that staff are given at organizations operating under U.S. laws.
Arms control experts urged the Trump administration to reverse plans to withdraw the U.S. from a Cold War-era treaty.
A routine examination by the U.N. Human Rights Council looked at Chinese crackdowns on Uyghurs and Tibetans.
As much as 91% of the world's population breathes unhealthy air, which is why it's the focus of a global health conference.
Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.
The Trump administration announced plans to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty of 1987, and blamed Russia.
The concept of a demilitarization zone goes back almost a half-millennium to Europe's rules on demolishing forts.
The World Trade Organization is a major target of the Trump administration, which prefers to let the U.S. set its own tariffs.