NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability. Speaking in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet (1.07 meters) tall — earning them the…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left hundreds of people dead…
GENEVA: UN experts on Monday called for the prosecution of Iranian officials who may have committed crimes against humanity during a 2022 crackdown on demonstrations that particularly targeted ethnic and…
A recent study published in The Lancet Public Health has shed light on the rising incidence of cancer in younger generations, specifically Generation X and Millennials. The study found that…
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC briefs the UN Security Council in New York on the situation in Darfur, Sudan on 5 August 2024. UN Photo/Loey Felipe Mr President, firstly…
In Canada, more than 34,000 cases of sexual assault were reported to police in 2022, representing a 38% increase from 2017. However, it is estimated that only about 6% of sexual assaults…
By Margaret Engel August 6th and 9th mark 79 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, launching the world into the nuclear age and leaving hundreds of…
New research sheds light on John Andrew Jackson, who sought help from Harriet Beecher Stowe during his escape from bondage Susanna Ashton, The ConversationAugust 5, 2024 7:15 a.m. In or around…
By Scott D. Sagan, Gina Sinclair | August 5, 2024 In mid-August 1945, within weeks of the end of World War II, Americans were polled on whether they approved of…