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January 24 was the first International Day of Education. It was a day of shared global responsibility, because every country has an obligation to ensure...

I recently saw an American play in London called “Sweat,” written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Lynn Nottage. It was performed previously on...

Worldwide, more than four billion people are connected to the Internet, spending an average of roughly six hours per day on Internet-enabled devices and...

Few places are as far away, from almost anywhere, as New Zealand. Each year, our country’s remote beauty attracts millions of tourists seeking a great...

It is a near-tragedy that the United States and the United Kingdom – the two countries most identified with long-established stable constitutional...

Whoever explained to then-President-elect Donald Trump what it meant to be president – if anyone did – neglected to tell him that on occasion a...

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos has long been the political and business world’s equivalent of the Vanity Fair Oscar party: by...

At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work. In many countries, girls are...

The populist revolts in the United States and the United Kingdom have each reached a critical juncture. At the start of his third year in office, US...

For 75 years, the World Bank has been at the forefront of development, helping countries make smart investments to prepare their citizens for the future. It...