PARIS (AP) - When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided. But few expected poor countries to be at the mercy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, an organization that helps buy vaccines ...

The arc of history, wise people have assured us, bends towards justice. But this year it has taken a very circuitous route according to many of the global aid agencies. Rich nations have cut off ...

Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt. Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion worth of debt. Enough debt to give everyone in the world a check for $3,750. Or to pay ...

The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving ...

Most of the attention on global environmental issues goes to climate change, and not without reason. The carbon dioxide we’re adding to the atmosphere — where carbon-concentration levels have almost ...

It might seem that malnutrition is a problem only in poor countries. But “all countries face at least one form of malnutrition,” according to the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, which ...

A new United Nations report released yesterday on World Refugee Day has found that a huge proportion of the world’s refugee population is currently found in poorer countries, despite misconceptions ...

A displaced Sudanese woman and child who fled El-Fasher after its fall to the Rapid Support Forces stand near a makeshift shelter in the camp of Um Yanqur, located on the southwestern edge of Tawila, ...