Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, soon to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black cardinal from the United States, hopes the U.S. hierarchy can broaden its concept of “pro-life” so…
Food security crisis means acute malnutrition among under-fives at highest levels since war engulfed the country Almost 100,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying in…
He's traveled the United States nine times helping others take care of a simple need, but now his ability to stay in the country is in jeopardy. Rodney Smith Jr.,…
In this extract from essay collection Upturn, the actor considers the disruptions of the pandemic and the renewed fervour for social and economic justice The other day I had to…
When Jessica Hill and her sister, Jayla, tried to walk into a shoe store in Chicago on Sunday, a security guard asked the pair to put on masks and use…
Hong Kong teen activist Tony Chung has been charged under a new national security law, just days after he was detained outside the US consulate. Mr Chung, 19, had reportedly…
The world’s population in 2100 could be no higher than it is today The average woman in Niger has seven children. The average South Korean has barely one. The future size…
When kampala went into covid-19 lockdown, singletons in the Ugandan capital were looking for “lockdown partners”, says Allan Creed, who works in digital marketing. He and his friends couldn’t get to…
On Oct. 17, roughly 100 people reportedly gathered in a conference room at a resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., for Q Con Live, an all-day event featuring speeches from some of…
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is leading a push for the world to scale up efforts to restore landscapes and forests over the next decade, with eyes on a target to salvage 350 million…