Once envisioned as a bridge between Java and JavaScript, the Detroit project never got off the ground. Now, there are efforts at reviving it, adding a Python engine to the mix. Intended to enable ...

ISLAMABAD: The USD 78 million Digital Economy Enhancement Project, financed by the World Bank, aimed at streamlining business registration, licencing and government-to-business (G2B) services, is ...

From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced expansion of its blockchain experimentation for settling central bank reserves, while highlighting that efforts for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) are ...

The World Bank is preparing to approve a US$268.8 million loan for a new water and sanitation project in the Philippines, targeting the provinces of Bohol and Siargao – two of the country’s most ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Baiduri Bank has strengthened its role in Brunei Darussalam’s renewable energy landscape by financing the development of a 12-megawatt peak (MWp) ground-mounted solar photovoltaic ...

A St. Martin Parish grand jury on Thursday indicted former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory on four counts of malfeasance in office related to the 2022 removal of a spoil bank on the Vermilion ...

1. What is the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project (LEAP)? The Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project (LEAP) is a Government of Lebanon reconstruction project financed by the World Bank (WB), designed ...

This opinion piece was originally published in Serbian in the Danas daily on February 21, 2026. Nicola Pontara is the World Bank Country Manager for Serbia. Tiago Peixoto is a Senior Digital ...

Last summer, Alexander Wang bought the Beaux-Arts HSBC bank on Bowery and Canal for $9.5 million in cash. At the time, the fashion designer declined to say what he was planning to do with the domed ...