UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5 and 24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the UN…

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global growth is expected to slow “perilously close” to recession in 2023, the World Bank said, slashing its economic forecast on high inflation, rising interest rates and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Economists have…

The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, and the world’s major economic engines…