UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Cabo Verde for Ocean Race Summit

A report conducted by the International Labour Organization, “Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World”, is the first of its kind to measure work-life balance as it relates to economic development. The findings expose the effects of working hours and time schedules on worker’s productivity and business performance. Branch...

Action must remain at forefront of global leaders’ agendas

“The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of action”

UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan spoke at the 13th International Debt Management Conference in Geneva on Monday delivering a message on the state of the debt crisis in developing countries. “Geopolitics, not economics, is now in the driving seat of globalization,” she stated. Grynspan called for action to address the ongoing...

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, delivered a powerful speech at the opening ceremony of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal on Wednesday demanding a fight for the survival of the global ecosystem, “This conference is about the urgent task of making peace.” At the COP-15 conference, nations gather to address concerns...

Unlike the refugee crisis depicted in the mainstream media, the first scene of The Swimmers, written and directed by Sally El Hosaini, depicts the familiarity of adolescence as the Mardini sisters, Yusra and Sara, play in a neighborhood swimming pool. From allusions made to the sisters’ imminent fight for survival...