Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

The impending second presidency of Donald Trump is a challenge to the framework of global politics and diplomacy that it may ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has ...

Let’s begin with American politics. Trump is eight days from taking the oath of office for the second time, and America’s ...

A new report by Oxfam highlights the disproportionate role of the ultra-wealthy in fueling the climate emergency.

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Dec 26 (Reuters) - The World Bank raised on Thursday its forecast for China's economic growth in 2024 and 2025, but warned that subdued household and business confidence, along with headwinds in ...

Hollywood tore itself apart after this year’s Oscars ceremony following a Jewish director’s acceptance speech for a Holocaust film, in which he criticized Israel months into its war in Gaza.

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Even as China’s leaders have looked for ways to lift sagging birthrates, Beijing thought there was one group who would always want to have many children: rural couples. They were wrong.

TL;DR: New Jersey thought it had a drone problem. Turns out, it just has a lot of planes. Maybe next time, folks, use those flight apps before declaring the arrival of aliens. The skies above New ...

QUEENS - One man is dead, and another one was injured after a stabbing incident at a Queens subway station on Sunday, police said. Police responded to a 911 call just after midnight at the 61st ...