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A waste collector in Johannesburg. South Africa is one of the countries with the greatest wealth inequality.

Inequality in numbers

Rich and poor – the extreme distribution of income and wealth worldwide

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by D+C / E+Z
Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in September.

International relations

Why India and China are realigning their relations

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Burkina Faso’s prime minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, lashed out at the UN in his speech to the General Assembly.

Multilateralism

A bold stance

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by Miriam Ogutu
Climate activist Joyce Koech.

Climate conference

“If only privileged voices are heard, measures remain one-sided”

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by Joyce Koech
by Leon Kirschgens
Bruno Sirote, climate activist from Argentina.

Climate conference

“I hope the negotiations will become more substantive again”

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by Bruno Sirote
by Leon Kirschgens
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping support one another.

Propaganda

When autocrats cooperate against democracy

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by Dagmar Wolf
Shifts in international development cooperation were already evident at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting in April 2025.

World Bank

“We will always be the target of criticism”

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by Axel van Trotsenburg
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Art is a way of drawing more attention to the issue of climate protection.

Our view

Spotlight on climate protection

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by Jörg Döbereiner
The fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) is taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain.

Global finance

How to overhaul the global financial architecture

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by Roli Mahajan
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