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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks with Sidi Ould Tah, President of the African Development Bank, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), in Belem, Brazil, November 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anderson Coelho

Why is COP30 pushing the World Bank and other lenders to reform? ​

Countries at the COP30 summit will be under pressure to show progress on growing climate finance beyond what’s been committed. Because countries finance these banks and have officials who sit on...

A combined image shows Tim Davie, who stepped down as BBC director general (left), and Deborah Turness, the corporation’s former head of news. Photo: Reuters/X/BBC

BBC crisis: What caused it and what happens next?

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Did the Export Development Fund achieve what it was meant for?

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, 7 November 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

A demonstrator wearing a large mask depicting US President Donald Trump holds a sign during a "No Kings" protest against US President Donald Trump's policies, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, US, October 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Cole

From Washington to Chicago: Trump's policies are triggering opposition throughout the US

The front wall of Sonali Bank’s head office in Motijheel, Dhaka, is almost completely covered with overlapping political posters and placards ahead of the national election. Photo taken on Sunday. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Can you use posters in public spaces and what happens if you do?

Designed by G Val Myer and built in 1932, Broadcasting House is the BBC’s famous HQ, and a symbol of its radio broadcasting. Photo: BBC

How the BBC began: From radio experiment to global broadcaster

Signage is seen at BBC Broadcasting House offices and recording studios, London, Britain, May 21, 2021. File Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville

What led to the unprecedented resignations at the BBC?

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, November 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

Unresolved mysteries behind abductions, rescues

What legal steps should be taken if someone goes missing?

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What's the way out of economic chaos? Election as short-term fix?

Poppy seeds. Photo: Collected

What Bangladesh’s law says about poppy seeds

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How govt incentives fuelled growth in cancer drug industry