NDO – World Bank Group President David Malpass recently announced that an important WB fund for the poverty-stricken has received a record pledge of US$82 billion, including contributions from countries and many promises affirmed for the next three years. 

NDO – The 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) concluded recently in Madrid, Spain failing to release a code of conduct on combating climate change. 

NDO – On the last day of his election campaign, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in the port town of Grimsby which has been considered as a ‘support stronghold’ of the opposition Labour Party. 

NDO - France, Ukraine, Russia and Germany officially restarted a peace summit under the “Normandy format”, after three years this negotiation mechanism stalled. The summit in France is expected to find a “key to peace” in order to soon put an end to the five-year armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. 

NDO – Foreign ministers of the Arab League (AL) countries recently held an emergency meeting at the AL headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the “hot” developments related to the US support for Israel’s Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. 

NDO – The trade negotiations between the United States and China have recently seen positive signals as the Chinese Ministry of Commerce assessed that the two sides conducted “serious and constructive” discussions. 

NDO - The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lasted for a week and have just ended in Washington, DC, the US. Many experts at the meeting shared the same opinion that the world economy, which has been declining due to the impact of trade conflicts, is facing a series of challenges ahead as well as “bottlenecks” that need to be removed. 

NDO - The Brexit negotiation process has entered a critical moment when the European Union (EU) hosted a summit on October 17. This is the last summit before the UK leaves the “Common European Home” as scheduled on October 31. However, which “scenario” for Brexit is still an open question. 

NDO - The world economy is facing a future in which there are more and more barriers and tariff measures. In the context that economies have to “live” with trade barriers, analysts are concerned that global economic growth is at risk of sharp decline.  

NDO – The long-lasting confrontation between the United States and the European Union (EU) concerning alleged subsidies to aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus has escalated to a new level following the ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The risk of a “tariff battle” between the two economies on the two coasts of the Atlantic Ocean is becoming more evident than ever, “overshadowing” the world economy and global trade picture. 

NDO – Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg gave a powerful and emotional speech that strongly impressed world leaders during the recent high-level week of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. Since then, the global anti-climate change movement has continued to spread vigorously in many countries around the world. 

NDO – US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have signed a document that is considered by both sides as the “initial phase” of a US-Japan trade agreement. Despite not being a comprehensive deal, the document is still an important achievement, helping to relieve tensions between the two countries, which have lasted for over a year, related to the thorniest issues, including the taxes on Japanese automobiles and US agricultural products.