What we do Climate change and displacement Refugees, internally displaced and stateless people are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. UNHCR is working to protect them and strengthen their…

Adults who are incarcerated have nearly nine times the risk of dying by suicide within a year of their release than those who have never been in jail, according to…

By the spring of 2023, Robert Abala Okello, head teacher at the Panykworo Primary School in Gulu District, Uganda, had become deeply frustrated by the abysmal state of girls’ toilets…

Planet Earth is getting rocked by the biggest solar storm in decades – and the potential effects have those people in charge of power grids, communications systems and satellites on…

By Dan Drollette Jr | May 7, 2024 Food systems—how we grow, transport, prepare, and dispose of the food we eat—are responsible for roughly one-third of all global greenhouse gas…

Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible At first glance, the world economy looks reassuringly resilient. America has boomed even as its trade war with China has escalated. Germany has withstood…

According to German researcher Markus Wettstein, PhD, the perception of when old age begins is a subjective matter that varies depending on individual experiences and societal influences. Wettstein and his…

NEW YORK – Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, issued the following statement about Museo Reina Sofía’s cultural initiative “From the River to the Sea,” launched…

ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More rain started coming down on Saturday in Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to…