An organization called the World Future Society publishes a yearly report about how technology, the economy and society are influencing the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

She became involved in the world around her and recorded it in pictures for the future.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Now,looking to the future and the upcoming G-20 summit, Pittsburgh is preparing for a chance to show the world how much the city has changed.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

They met in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The World Future Society also publishes The Futurist magazine.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

We have a world finalist from China who's been working on the Watson Supercomputer that in the near future will be playing Jeopardy against the best Jeopardy players in the world.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

Hope for a better day for Afghanistan and a commitment to help its people build a better world and a better future.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The World Cup will also leave a legacy of new infrastructure to buoy economic expansion in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

They say watching the World Cup only fuels their enthusiasm, helping to build a bright future for youth football in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

It was the first time the world's largest AIDS gathering was held in a developing country and it changed the way future conferences would be held.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"Today,as an advocate for the hungry and the hunted, the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

More than 200 individuals and organizations were nominated this year, but as Jagland explains, Barack Obama won for giving the world hope for a better future and for striving for a nuclear-free world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"We cannot stop terrorism or defeat the ideologies of violent extremism when hundreds of millions of young people see a future with no jobs,no hope and no way ever to catch up to the developed world,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"I think we are recognizing that the Washington consensus on economic policy is over - that the old world has gone, that we have got to build a new consensus on economic development for the future,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"But what it means is, if the world is going to grow at the rate it can in the future, the rest of the world is going to have to shift to more domestic sources of growth, investment,and spending,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"If someone had told me in law school,even, that I have a crystal ball and I see in your future that you're an art lawyer, I probably would've said, 'What in the world is an art lawyer?'" Because there weren't any.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

There are things that we can all relate to, so just because it is set in that era or in this mythological world or even a million years into the future, any movie that is worth its salt in this kind of genre should reflect issues that we deal with today.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Addressing reporters in the White House briefing room, President Obama said the agreement moves the world closer to the goal of a more secure future without such weapons, which he said represent both the darkest days of the Cold War, and the most troubling threats of our time.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Dr.Sagir Ahmed of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano was one of the organizers and speakers at a conference on the challenges of diagnosing cancer in Nigeria: is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16