One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

The lives lost in Gaza: A closer look at those killed in the conflict so far Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The attack seemed intended to send a message to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by Cisco Systems in which the tech company and President Donald Trump's administration are asking the justices to limit the reach of a federal ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the ...

Global growth is projected at 3.1 percent in 2024 and 3.2 percent in 2025, with the 2024 forecast 0.2 percentage point higher than that in the October 2023 World Economic Outlook (WEO) on account of ...

Russian forces continue to bombard Ukrainian cities and make slow but steady gains on the battlefield, even as Moscow says it is considering the latest US-brokered peace plan. At least three people ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the ...

Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro could provide the pretext and template for China to attack Taiwan or Russia to further undermine Ukraine and even move against Europe, ...

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