
Globalization and cooperation top draw of populism in WEF poll
The poll's findings ran counter to the well-publicized sound and fury of dozens of populist leaders or political parties in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
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The poll's findings ran counter to the well-publicized sound and fury of dozens of populist leaders or political parties in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
The global financial institution has acknowledged difficulties in assessing the problem among developing nations.
António Guterres called for greater diplomacy, more climate ambition, better use of technology, more focus on the U.N.'s 17 major goals for 2030 and a renewal of foundational values.
In a ceremonial handover, the Palestinian president assumed the chairmanship of the Group of 77 major bloc of U.N. votes.
Despite the exclusivity of Davos, WEF will focus on climate, inequality and international cooperation and inclusiveness.
The two organizations say far more global funding is needed to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics by 2030.
Not surprisingly, the patterns of American and European leadership have been an affront to non-Western nations.
Despite co-founding the U.N. agency as a peace-promoting organization, the U.S. has now withdrawn from it two times.
The Trump administration's broadsides against international cooperation embolden nations with poor human rights records and encourage attacks on journalists, experts said.
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.
Japan will leave the International Whaling Commission, which will drop to 88 members, and resume whaling in April.
Their strikes were not affiliated with any political party, but they helped rally support for efforts by international organizations to promote global cutbacks in carbon emissions.
The non-binding deal tries to solve some of the polarizing but age-old issues surrounding people crossing borders.
In the past year at least 80 journalists were killed, 348 were detained in prison and 60 were taken as hostages.
The effort accompanied a similar pact for migration that the U.N. General Assembly also approved this month.
Negotiators overcame a deadlock on a crucial element about how nations must report their greenhouse gas emissions.