A global summit seeking to overhaul the international financial system wraps up Friday after taking small steps towards easing the debt burden of developing nations weighed down by climate and economic crises.

During a summit aimed at reimagining the global financial system, French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised on Thursday that no nation should be forced to make a decision between addressing poverty and addressing climate change.

As hopes fade of finding survivors on the five-man Titan submersible, a French robot that can dive to 6,000 metres underwater has arrived over the Titanic wreck site to join the search.

Migration advocacy groups have criticised Spain and Morocco for not intervening soon enough to rescue a small boat headed for Spain’s Canary Islands that sank Wednesday. At least 30 migrants are feared drowned.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is among the 50 world leaders in Paris Thursday for a global development and climate summit, and he will hold ‘bilateral’ talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, where he hopes to discuss the stalled …

Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world are converging in Paris to attend a summit which aims to overhaul the world’s development banks and help developing countries face the challenges of a warmer and stormier world.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that financing for clean energy in developing and emerging economies – excluding China – must increase seven-fold within a decade if global warming is to be capped at tolerable levels

Britain opens a recovery conference for Ukraine on Wednesday with a promise to unlock $3 billion worth of World Bank loans to help rebuild the war-ravaged country, even as Russia’s invasion continues.