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The world's millionaire class continued to expand in 2025, and Switzerland remains the leader in per capita millionaires, according to the UBS Global Wealth report for the current year, cited by visualcapitalist.com.

BRICS countries now account for half of the world's population, with the group's economic weight growing.

Brazilia, Rusia şi Africa de Sud sunt ţările cu cele mai ridicate niveluri de inegalitate a avuţiei la nivel global, potrivit coeficientului Gini, care arată că egalitatea bogăţiei în lume a scăzut uşor, cu 0,4%, de la începutul mileniului,...

Inflation continues to be one of the most pressing global economic issues, and a monthly report monitoring the dynamics of this indicator in the G20 countries highlights major disparities in price increases across the world's largest...

King Charles III and Crown Prince William made a joint public appearance to express their support for the COP30 climate summit, which will take place in Brazil in a few weeks. The event comes at a difficult time for climate diplomacy, marked by...

The United Nations is preparing to reduce the number of troops and police involved in its peacekeeping missions by about 25%, an unprecedented measure in the last two decades, caused by an acute lack of funds. According to senior UN officials...

The European Union will present its new emissions reduction targets for 2035 and 2040 by the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, in November, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. The statement comes after the bloc missed a...

The tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration are affecting all of America's major trading partners. But when it comes to trade with the US, what matters is not just the tariffs a country faces, but how it compares to its...

American actor, politician and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a strong message at a press conference held at the Vatican: "pollution kills" children and adults alike. The former governor of California called for individual and...

The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling the growth in electricity demand, as data centers consume massive amounts of energy to train and run large language models.

Western hegemony - primarily the U.S., but also the EU - is being challenged and besieged by China, backed by the BRICS bloc and part of the Global South, which promote multipolarity as an alternative. Pressure also comes from states hit by the...

The geopolitical and economic storm that is shaping up around the US dollar is taking on unexpected proportions after the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (ed. - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - SCO), which took place...

The world's ten largest oil-consuming countries represented, in 2024, 61% of the global share. This percentage increases to 80% in the top 20 countries, given that total consumption had a moderate advance of 0.7% annually, according to...

O instanţă din Brazilia a obligat filiala locală a Volkswagen să plătească despăgubiri de 165 milioane de reali (aproximativ 30,4 milioane de dolari) pentru exploatarea muncitorilor în condiţii similare sclaviei în anii 1970 şi 1980, au anunţat...

The foundation of the West is crumbling - that is what the planned participation of leaders from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar at China's "Victory Day” military parade on September 3 in Beijing (commemorating the end of...

The capital hosts the 15th edition of the Bucharest International Poetry Festival (FIPB), between September 15 and 21, which opens at the Central University Library "Carol I". The event brings together almost 200 poets from over 30...

The steep upward movement of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices catalyzed by the election of Nicuşor Dan as president of our country stopped last month, in a tense international context, while domestic attention was captured by the...

The efforts of the international organization BRICS to recalibrate a "fairer and more balanced" global economic order at the 17th BRICS Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, have attracted renewed interest and support from Latin America,...

US President Donald Trump recently warned that he could impose additional 10% tariffs on countries that align with BRICS, EFE reports.

The European Commission has announced that it is maintaining the ambitious target of a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, but is introducing a series of "flexibilities' to accommodate opposition...

The European Commission has announced that it is maintaining the ambitious target of a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, but is introducing a series of "flexibilities' to accommodate opposition...

The US currency has had its weakest first half of the year since 1973, as the US Dollar Index, a measure of the value of the US currency against a basket of six other currencies, fell more than 10%, according to the Financial Times.

The US currency has had its weakest first half of the year since 1973, as the US Dollar Index, a measure of the value of the US currency against a basket of six other currencies, fell more than 10%, according to the Financial Times.

Brazil, host of the upcoming UN climate conference (COP30), is facing a serious ecological crisis: forest and vegetation fires in 2024 have devastated more than 30 million hectares, equivalent to an area larger than Italy. According to a study...

A major new study by about 60 researchers from 17 countries warns that ten key climate indicators are in the red, signaling an accelerating worsening of the global climate crisis. Published in the journal Earth System Science Data, the report...

The global food price index fell in May, thanks to the decrease in the quotations of cereals, sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Friday, Reuters reports, according to Agerpres.

A new scientific study warns of changing global rainfall patterns. Nearly 2 billion people could face significant changes in water availability if the average global temperature rises by 1.5°C, even temporarily, warns a new study published in the...

Regulamentul General privind Protecţia Datelor (GDPR), aplicabil din 25 mai 2018, a marcat o schimbare semnificativă în modul în care datele personale sunt gestionate şi protejate la nivelul Uniunii Europene, dar şi global, în multe cazuri,...

The European Union is on track to meet its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, the European Commission announced today, following a recent assessment of national energy and climate plans. The estimated reduction is 54%...

Global stock markets have seen mixed performance since the start of 2025, with US stocks seeing a major sell-off in April, while European markets have rallied on easing monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and a rebound in...