Skai Jackson shared that her mother is the reason behind her confidence. Skai Jackson is ready to embrace and welcome motherhood.The 22-year-old has announced that she is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, whose identity hasn’t been disclosed yet.In an exclusive interview...

Ryan Reynolds shares views on Eddie Murphy's Oscar snub for 'Nutty Professor'Ryan Reynolds has recently expressed his disappointment over the Academy Awards for overlooking Eddie Murphy’s performances in Nutty Professor.Speaking on Variety Awards Circuit podcast, the Deadpool & Wolverine...

Chris Martin has superstitious belief about his deathColdplay frontman, Chris Martin seems to have a superstitious mindset as he fears that he might die in a plane crash one day just like American singer and songwriter, Buddy Holly. Due to this anxiety, Martin has adopted a very unique habit of...

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy trailer out with Renee ZellwegerBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the third instalment in the Bridget Jones franchise, seems to have a new love triangle for the titular character.The first trailer for the upcoming movie got released on Tuesday, Nov. 12,...

Margot Robbie uses the ultimate emotionally packed movie to cry in movies, and that’s what she did in the Wolf of Wall Street.In a yet-to-be-released episode of the Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, which premiers on Nov. 26, the actress was recently questioned how she...

Megan Fox's current beau Machine Gun Kelly is in “no relationship” with the actress’ ex-husband Brian Austin Green, as the couple expect their first baby together.According to TMZ, MGK and Green have had little to no contact over the past two years, with sources saying that the...

Mariska Hargitay on mother Jayne Mansfield's deathMariska Hargitay got candid on “dealing” with the death of her mother, Hollywood diva, Jayne Mansfield at the age of 3.“I lost my mother when I was 3 years old, and I grew up in a house of people dealing with the tragedy in...

Ariana Grande praises her ‘adorable’ beau Ethan SlaterAriana Grande has recently expressed her admiration for beau and adorable Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at Wicked press tour in Los Angeles over the weekend, the pop star praised Ethan for his...

Kiernan Shipka reflects on playing Sally Draper: 'I knew what was going on'Kiernan Shipka, who played Sally Draper on Mad Men, has fond memories of her time on the show. Appearing on the Dinner's On Me podcast, Shipka shared her experiences as a child actor on the hit series."I don't know if...

John Krasinski named PEOPLE's Sexist Man Alive 2024John Krasinski has recently broken silence on being named PEOPLE’s Sexist Man Alive 2024.“Just immediate blackout, actually. Zero thoughts,” said The Office alum after he got the big news in this week’s cover story....

The United States stressed at the United Nations that “there must be no forcible displacement, nor policy of starvation in Gaza” by Israel, warning such policies would have grave implications under U.S. and international law. The remarks by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield came just hours after Washington said its ally Israel was […]

A sovereign exposure exchange is a cost-effective risk management tool used by multilateral development banks (MDBs) to reduce sovereign portfolio concentration risks. It provides capital relief for MDBs by exchanging loan guarantees on credit exposure from borrowing countries where an MDB is highly concentrated for exposure to countries where the MBD’s exposure is lower or nonexistent.

The Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific, or IF-CAP, is a multi-donor financing partnership facility with the goal of scaling-up finance for accelerated action against climate change in Asia and the Pacific.

This video introduces a new publication presenting five case studies of projects in the People's Republic of China that illustrate how effective solutions to environmental and social problems have been applied in different contexts.

ADB recently launched the Georgia Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Monitor. Helen Steward, Principal Markets Development Advisory Specialist in ADB’s Office of Markets Development and Public–Private Partnerships, explains what the PPP Monitor is all about.

ADB’s report on sovereign default and loss rates demonstrates the low credit risk in ADB's sovereign operations, with an average default rate of 0.54% over the last 34 years and zero new defaults from 2010 to 2021.

Remarks by Masatsugu Asakawa, President, Asian Development Bank, at the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Summit, Leaders’ Retreat, 7 November 2024

How have Latin American exporters been affected by the rapid increase in the PRC's exports to the USA and other large markets? Are PRC and Latin American exports complementary or competitive with each other?

This paper examines the technological capability of Indonesian industry.

Theoretical and empirical analyses of People's Republic of China's infrastructure and rural development.

How has the recent dramatic growth of PRC's exports affected its neighbors? Have they lost export markets and seen foreign investment diverted to PRC? This paper surveys the empirical evidence on these important questions.

This paper examines enterprise performance in the North-East region of the People's Republic of China.

Regional disparities within and among Chinese provinces have declined, but are still a serious problem.

This paper examines the role of finance in development in the light of the experience of Township and Village Enterprises in the People's Republic of China.

This paper analyses economic and social indicators across provinces in the People's Republic of China.

The proposed project will build a bridge across the Fanga'uta Lagoon in Nuku'alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga (Tonga). The crossing will consist of an approximately 720 m long bridge and 4.96 km of approach roads from Nuku'alofa to Vaini, southern Tongatapu.

Eight Australian sea lions were fitted with cameras and trackers to capture unprecedented insights into their behaviour and the marine habitats where they hunt

After the release of a shocking video showing Olympic rider Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse, it is time for equestrians to educate themselves on the science of horse training, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre

The South American lungfish has a whopping 180 gigabases of DNA in each cell, compared with 6 gigabases in human cells

All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might understand why

The veteran presenter adds authority to Secret Lives of Orangutans, a film about a family of endangered orangutans in Sumatra. File this new entry in his vast oeuvre under lovable but lightweight

The Origins and Habitability Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a testbed exploring how geological conditions could impact life in environments such as early Earth, Mars or the icy moons of Jupiter

These photos showcase some of the intricately created birds' nests found in the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, home to one of the world's largest ornithological collections

A camera trap at an Australian nature refuge has captured a boisterous interaction between a northern hairy-nosed wombat and an echidna

Some lizards dive into streams to escape predators, and a specialised bubble-breathing technique enables them to stay submerged for up to 18 minutes

From colonialism to AI, this Booker-longlisted novel urges us to wake up to how we treat wild creatures and places

Captive dolphins are more likely to make an open-mouthed expression when their playmate can see them and they often reciprocate, hinting that it is a form of visual communication

Musing on John Lewis-Stempel's latest book, England: A natural history, James McConnachie marks the flowering of other, more diverse voices in nature writing

A new book from the science-writing legend is an Attenborough-esque romp through some of the wonders of the natural world. Just beware the title's misfiring metaphor

For nervous newbie gardeners, starting out with a single plant in a small pot is pitched as an easy win by the horticultural industry. James Wong explains why it isn't

DNA analysis suggests Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah with thousands of stems connected by their roots, is between 16,000 and 81,000 years old

Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their coordinates on a mental map

Strange solids called temporal metamaterials finally make it possible to investigate the controversial idea of quantum friction – and push special relativity to its limits

Are points of infinite curvature, where general relativity breaks down, always hidden inside black holes? An audacious attempt to find out is shedding light on the mystery of quantum gravity

There are many scary claims about excess time on digital devices for children and teenagers. Here’s a guide to the real risks - and what to do about them

It may soon be possible to vaccinate ourselves against the diseases of old age, keeping our body and brain healthier for longer

Clouds can trap heat or reflect it away from Earth, making their impact on global warming extraordinarily hard to predict. Now, new ways of studying them are lifting the fog

New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for tackling political polarisation and the future of AI

Snoring is often viewed as harmless, at least to the snorer, but we are now uncovering its potentially serious effects on cardiovascular health. And finding ways to stop is surprisingly challenging

Neuroscientists have been surprised to discover that the human brain is teeming with microbes, and we are beginning to suspect they could play a role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's