Human rights group warns death of Majidreza Rahnavard ‘a significant escalation of violence against protesters’ Fears are growing that Iran is preparing to execute scores more protesters after authorities hanged…
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy have reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. For the first time ever in a laboratory, researchers were able to generate more energy from…
PARIS (Reuters) - Congo Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege has called for United Nations sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged support of the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo, whose resurgence…
DEAD SEA — It is an unparalleled wonder of the world: the lowest exposed spot on Earth, its therapeutic waters are so full of salt that bathers float right to…
In Castlebar, population 12,000, hotels are teeming with Ukrainians who struggle to find work and worry how they’ll afford to live if their hosts’ generosity runs out PAUL WALDIE Nestled…
Welcome to the population paradox of the 21st century. By Bryan Walsh On November 15, 2022, according to the demographers at the United Nations Population Division, the 8 billionth person…
US climate envoy says he will publicly criticise UK’s approval of Cumbrian mine if it adds to emissions John Kerry, the US climate official, has said he is closely examining…
By ALEXANDRA HUTZLER The White House on Friday urged older Americans to get their bivalent COVID-19 shots now in order to be protected in time for the holiday season. "These…
It’s not just indifference. It’s an active, and deadly, cavalier attitude towards the lives of others: an example other nations follow here are two extraordinary facts about the convention on…
Big Data, drones, diagnostics—the United Nations and other groups hope to innovate the world out of a maternal and reproductive health crisis. TOWARD THE END of 2020, on a work…