Ajay Banga is the right person to lead the World Bank and raise its ambitions in tackling the largest global development challenges, including climate change.

Weed stores have become ubiquitous in much of New York City. Unsurprisingly, drug-related incidents in the schools are on the rise.

In more than 20 years of public life, I have steadfastly supported Israel and its people in both word and deed, including by building medical facilities there, co-founding a leadership center, supporting its innovative local programs and funding other good causes. I have never gotten involved in its domestic politics or criticized its government initiatives. But my love for Israel, my respect for its people and my concern about its future are now leading me to speak out against the current government’s attempt to effectively abolish the nation’s independent judiciary.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has all the traditional hallmarks of a conventional war, with troops and tanks on the ground and airstrikes from above. But even as today’s battles resemble wars of old, Ukraine has been successfully defending itself beyond expectations in part because of the courage and determination of its people who have used new technology in ways that are changing how wars are fought.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s decision to step down is a loss for the global community as well as the people of New Zealand, but I have no doubt she’ll find new ways to remain at the forefront of issues she’s most passionate about, including climate change and gun safety.

Thanks to everyone who asked me a question about how Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg worked to make an impact on some of the toughest challenges we faced in 2022. Hard work and collaboration have inspired our work since the very beginning – and the more we find ways to work together with our partners, the more progress we can make.

The attempted kidnapping of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — in which a delusional, hammer-wielding assailant broke into her home and left her husband, Paul, severely wounded — was a heinous and despicable act that reflects an increasingly toxic US political culture. But it reflects something else, too: a nation that leads the developed world in murder.

We have lost a giant of New York: Rev. Calvin Butts III, who took the idea of building the Kingdom of God literally.

The American private sector innovates and produces like no other nation in the world. And with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the challenges it presents to democracies around the world, there is renewed urgency to finding ways to quickly leverage U.S. innovation and ingenuity to defend our values at home and abroad.

Throughout her life, Queen Elizabeth II personified duty: to her family, to her country, and to the world.