The world is becoming increasingly urban, with cities now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to the World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, released ...

A comprehensive UN report has found that cities and towns are home to 81 per cent of the world’s population, much more than ...

The same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections, and the best relationship ...

ITU’s Facts and Figures 2025 shows steady progress in connectivity, while highlighting gaps in quality and affordability ...

The wealth gap widens as capital owners prosper while workers face stagnating wages, highlighting global income inequality ...

Consumer staples stocks face structural challenges due to declining global birth rates and shrinking pools of future ...

On average, 42.4 million people in 22.7 million households received monthly SNAP benefits through the first eight months of the 2025 fiscal year.

In 2025, ten countries hold over half the world's population. China and India lead, with Asia and Africa driving future ...

A chart purporting to show the percentage of school-aged children who are Muslim in major European capitals is based on data ...

THE world is ageing so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a new UN study. The report ranks the social and economic well-being ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to ...

Globally, 4.4% of children die before age 15, a stark contrast to the European Union's 0.47% rate. This disparity highlights the impact of health systems and prosperity. While historic progress has ...