With developing countries bearing the brunt of climate change, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick will travel to Copenhagen to attend the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. more »
On October 21, 2009 the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Belarus. more »
The Republic of Iraq began participating today in the International Monetary Fund’s General Data Dissemination System, marking a major step forward in the development of its statistical system. more »
Turning up the heat on Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signals that the era of the US reaching out to Iran may be nearing an end. more »
As the second week opens in Copenhagen, the negotiations are intensifying. more »
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in a Milan area hospital -- after he was attacked at a political rally in the northern Italian city. more »
When the EU heads of state and government concluded the first day of the summit, they had not yet reached agreement on the issue of fast-start funding. more »
Climate change has already had a serious impact on some countries. Tuvalu is one of them. more »
Differences continued during the fourth day of negotiations at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. But negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol had to be adjourned. more »
This small but growing encampment is an expression of public anger over Latvia's rising unemployment. more »
Turning up the heat on Iran, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signals that the era of the US reaching out to Iran may be nearing an end.
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