Did you know this country charges a whopping $100-per-night Sustainable Development Fee, making it the world’s most expensive ...

The Maldives, where about a fifth of the population uses tobacco, is the first country to institute a generational smoking ...

The Maldives has become the first country in the world to impose a generational smoking ban, barring anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever smoking, purchasing or using tobacco.

New global data shows the fertility rate gap is widening further between high-birth and low-birth countries. According to the CIA World Factbook and World Population Review 2024-25 estimates, the ...

A G20 taskforce established by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the creation of an international panel ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

The rapper received backlash for siding with Donald Trump on designating Nigeria as a "country of particular concern." ...

Global growth is expected to decline and downside risks to intensify as major policy shifts unfold After enduring a prolonged and unprecedented series of shocks, the global economy appeared to have ...

Israel says the latest remains of three hostages returned from Gaza are soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, ...