Tag: world
Global arms industry sales rise
Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 25 companies totalled $361 billion in 2019, 8.5% more than in 2018 according to...
A stunned world grapples with coronavirus
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are adjusting to once-in-a-generation measures to battle the coronavirus crisis that is killing the old and vulnerable and...
World military spending: increases in the US and Europe, decreases in...
Total world military expenditure rose to $1 686 billion in 2016, an increase of 0.4% in real terms from 2015, according to...
Anxious world leaders seek clarity on Trump policies
World leaders offered to work with Donald Trump when he takes over as US president, but expressed anxiety over how he will...
Conflict in two African countries places World Heritage Sites in danger
Sites recognised as being of international importance to world heritage in two African states are in danger the UN Educational, Scientific and...
International military spending drops slightly
World military expenditure totalled US$1,75 trillion in 2012, a fall of half a percent in real terms since 2011, according to figures...
World poorly placed to meet new economic crisis
With financial markets in turmoil and economic growth slowing, policymakers around the world may once again be forced to cooperate to try...
