International trade is coordinated through numerous shipping lanes worldwide. According to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), about 90% of goods moved globally travel by ocean – however,…

In 2022, Lockheed Martin was the world's largest arms-producing and military services company, with arms sales amounting to nearly $60bn. Except for three European companies and one Russian, all the…

In recent years, the world has witnessed a noticeable increase in the greenhouse effect phenomenon due to the increasing and continuous burning of fossil fuels, threatening Earth’s life-friendly…

The number and value of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) grew steadily during the last decades. Seventy-three new sovereign wealth funds were established worldwide between 2010 and 2022. That is 23 more…

In 2022 alone, 524 AI startups were founded in the US and 160 in China

For the 112 economies that reported data, inward FDI positions rose by an average of 7.1% in national currencies. In dollar terms, this global growth figure translates to only 2.3%.rnrn

Every year, Palestinians mark the Nakba – “catastrophe” in English – when, in 1948, around one million Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel…

Clean water is running out in the Gaza Strip after its water plant and public water networks stopped working. Currently, the water production capacity is a mere 5% of its usual daily output.

The outbreak of military conflict in the Middle East may deal a blow to world economic confidence as the violence in Gaza, added the possibility of a broader regional conflict to the sense of global…

Israel's relentless aerial and artillery attacks on Gaza have turned it into a hellhole where death and destruction prevail in extremely complex humanitarian conditions without basic life services…