The world is finally waking up to the threat posed by one of the most overlooked diseases of our time. Last month, the United Nations General Assembly...
In his recent best-selling book Factfulness, the late international health expert Hans Rosling shows that horrors such as natural disasters, oil spills, and...
In mid-July, former US President Barack Obama used a speech in South Africa to implore the world to invest more in the education of Africa’s youth. A...
The record-setting heat that blanketed the planet this summer was a sticky reminder that as global temperatures increase, people on the margins of society...
Three days before US President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping portrayed Beijing as the champion and defender of...
Like many small-scale farmers in densely populated Kisii County in western Kenya, James and Janet Torori long depended on bananas, maize and a single dairy...
The right-wing populism that has emerged in many Western democracies in recent years could turn out to be much more than a blip on the political landscape....
In different countries and for different reasons, university admissions policies are under attack. In a Boston courtroom on October 15, a judge will begin...
While US President Donald Trump appears to wage a trade "Cold War" on China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will promote a thaw with Beijing...
