It is hard nowadays to find topics on which people agree. Ironically, though, all agree on one point: that disagreement has reached peak levels. People are united in recognizing that society has ...

A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would do little to swiftly ease the pain inflicted by higher prices for fertilizer, food ...

Countries like Malaysia import many metric tons of plastic waste from Europe each year, paying a few pennies per kilo. This might seem strange, but according to Kai Li, it makes sense. "As a resident ...

A decade of shocks has left much of the developing world weakened just as AI begins reshaping the global economy, World Bank economists conclude in a new report. Why it matters: A series of shocks — ...

PARIS — If you pay close attention to the rhetoric regarding climate change — at least in those forums still allowed to use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration plans to end U.S. funding for Gavi, an organization that helps buy vaccines ...

Money is supposed to buy happiness, or at least that is what most people assume. Yet year after year, the data tells a very different story. Money and happiness have long been assumed to go hand in ...

A falling dollar is normally good for the developing world. Because poor countries borrow more in the greenback than rich ones, their debt bills become less burdensome. At the same time, imports ...

Irregular rainfall and drought in Mali has significantly reduced Satou Coulibaly’s millet and groundnut harvest in recent years. “It's getting harder and harder to get enough to eat," she says.

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty-two countries and other donors have pledged $23.5 billion in new funds for the world's poorest states, pushing replenishment of the International Development Association ...

Most of the attention on global environmental issues goes to climate change, and not without reason. The carbon dioxide we’re adding to the atmosphere — where carbon-concentration levels have almost ...