The FY2026 foreign aid bill allocates $50B for diplomacy and assistance, partially reversing Trump's cuts. Here's what it means for human rights and Latin America.

The consistency of the global pattern shows how hard these trend lines are to budge. Several nations have preceded the U.S. in confronting birthrate declines, and both traditionalist societies, where ...

Another reader felt that the biggest benefits of a falling human population will be to the planet itself: “Less pollution, less deforestation, less mass extinctions of other species, etc., etc.

Nantucket’s sewage is telling a blunt story: cocaine levels in the island’s wastewater are running well above the U.S. average, with two sharp spikes logged last October and again in December. The ...

While the days of forcing left-handed children to use their right hands are mostly over, the bias against lefties continues in most languages around the world.

A worldwide shortage of diesel and jet fuel is forcing a reorganization of the global economy, leading to deglobalization and ...

Halifax councillors are questioning why the budget for the mayor’s office has risen in a tough financial year when the mayor ...

An adviser’s goal is to anticipate material risks before markets price them in. A careful analysis of data from 2025 shows ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...

The India AI Impact Summit being held in New Delhi has emerged as a landmark global gathering, bringing together world leaders, industrial giants, and tech visionaries to chart a human-centric and ...

In a new book, Chris Jennings tells the story of the Ruby Ridge siege and how the threat of the Rapture shaped American politics.

No, this is not some new geological era, epoch or age. No, it is not some science fiction story either. But yes, we find ourselves at a new point in human history where, for the first time, ...