LXR Hotels & Resorts just opened its first French hotel, Sax Paris, on the city’s Left Bank—and T+L was the first to stay.

Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, ...

You thought Starbucks was a coffee company. But behind the lattes lies a financial machine. By turning prepaid cards and app balances into an interest-free loan system, Starbucks is playing in the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are “falling short” of their main missions and must focus on an urgent goal of bringing the ...

The World Bank has softened its once-vocal cheerleading for climate action as the Trump administration evaluates its support for international organizations and works to cut funding for climate ...

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations’ annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what’s produced by 200 US households in a year — sparking accusations ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s name in Google Maps will soon be the “Gulf of America” for U.S. users, an entirely new name created by the Trump administration.

One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.” Residents in the West Bank have long complained that missing and outdated data on ...

World Bank officials — under fire for losing track of $24 billion in climate funds — are panicking over the prospect of severe budget cuts as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to slash US ...

The World Bank and African Development Bank’s joint initiative to expand energy access to 300 million more people in Africa is a welcome contribution to this effort. However, the Bank should be ...

The World Bank, however, ... It has also got Nepal's approval to develop the 679MW Lower Arun and 490MW Arun IV projects (map). With Upper Arun, India would be generating over 3,032MW of electricity ...