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World Bank is Giving $22 Billion in Funding to Help All of Africa Stave Off Climate Change
The entire continent of Africa is set to receive a huge financial windfall from the World Bank in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
World Bank Doubles Funding to $200 Billion to Fight Climate Change
The impressive sum is actually double its original 5-year financial investment plan that it set in 2015.
In Historic Announcement, World Bank Says it Will No Longer Finance Oil and Gas Exploration
The World Bank currently gives about $1 billion in annual loans to oil and gas companies. By 2019, that funding will go towards alternative energy instead.
World Bank Approves $400M Spending Package To Restore Liberated Iraqi Cities
As ISIS forces continue to diminish in Iraq, the nation is preparing to rebuild – and they now have $400 million to help them...
World Bank Raises $165 Million in Bonds for Women-Owned Businesses in Africa
The World Bank on Wednesday said its private sector arm issued about $165 million in 'women's bonds' in the first such sale by the...
Optimism Is the Antidote, Says New World Bank Chief
Whether treating patients with drug-resistant diseases in the slums of Haiti or trying to reverse the hopelessness of the world's poor, optimism is essential,...
World Bank Lends Billion Dollars to India to Improve Education
The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $1.05 billion line of credit to help get more children into schools in India, the largest...
World Bank Commits to Tiger Conservation
The World Bank has announced that it will talk with stakeholders in tiger range countries to determine the best methods of tiger conservation....
World Bank Plans Clean Technology Fund for Poor
REUTERS - "Poor countries will soon receive billions of dollars from a new World Bank fund to help them cut pollution, save...
World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
World Bank Cancels Debt of 17 of the World’s Poorest Countries
The World Bank approved details to implement the 2005 debt relief initiative, which will cancel the debt of some of the world’s poorest countries...
California Battery Plant Is One of World’s Largest and Will Store Solar Energy for LA’s High-Use Evenings
In California, a renewable energy storage system will be one of the largest in the world when it comes online this summer.
The Nova Battery...
Bioengineered Corneas Stand to Cure Blindness For Millions of People Around the World
In an interview with the Brisbane Times, an Australian ophthalmologist and biotech entrepreneur lays out his vision for a world in which curing blindness...
Hero Bank Teller Saves Customer From Losing Millions on a Scam–by Asking a Few Simple Questions
An Australian bank representative recently yanked an unsuspecting woman back from the brink of the financial oblivion she was about to throw herself into...
Paralyzed Woman ‘Speaks’ with Brain Signals Turned into Talking Avatar in World First
A paralyzed woman has spoken again after her brain signals were intercepted and turned into a talking avatar, complete with facial expressions and sound...
Small Town is Giddy With Excitement That it Appears in Background of World’s Most Famous Portrait–the Mona Lisa
The Tuscan-town of Laterina is thrilled to see news that an Italian historian has determined a ruined Etruscan-Roman era bridge in their area was...
Worlds Most Romantic River is Cleaned Up Ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris with ‘Overwhelmingly Good’ Water
Parisians are beginning to get excited about the idea of swimming in the Seine again. To say 'again' is to really turn back the...
5-Year-old Who Emptied Piggybank for Earthquake Relief Now Wins $48Mil Lottery Jackpot at 18
A delightful story from northern Ontario saw a 5-year-old girl's good Karma wait 13 years to reward her.
Juliette Lamour won the state's second-largest lottery...
World’s Oldest Pen Pals Turn 100, After 84 Years of Transatlantic Letters–And Now They’re Meeting on Zoom
The world's oldest pen pals have both turned 100 years old, and are celebrating 80 years of letters sent across the pond.
Geoff Banks from...
Two Swiss Reservoirs Turned into World’s Largest ‘Water Battery’ to Power Europe–Time-Lapse Video Will Blow Your Mind
Next week a revolutionary new form of energy storage will debut in Switzerland after 14 years of engineering and installation.
With a storage capacity of...