A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is already being cited in courtrooms, as lawyers say it strengthens the legal ...

To speed up communication and reduce the risk of nuclear war, the two governments put in place a “red phone” on August 30, 1963. In reality, it was neither red nor a telephone but a cable line ...

Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn ...

Over 4,000 government officials and members of the private sector from 139 countries were in attendance. The WGS 2017 featured 150 speakers across 114 sessions that highlighted the world’s most ...

National Around the world, daily life comes to a near-halt as more governments impose restrictions on movement March 22, 2020 ...

Even if every government in the world wants to borrow more -- I'm not sure that's the case, but it could be -- the money can come from private lenders. (A lot of US government debt is held by its ...

To put that in context, the U.S. – despite being the biggest spender in the world in dollar terms, with a defense budget of $643bn last year – does not even feature in the top 20 in GDP terms.