NPR's Scott Simon speaks to World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Ninette Kelley about the condition of people displaced by war in Iran and the impact on countries in the region.
About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through ...
As the cost of housing rises globally, The World takes a look at how different cities around the world are trying to cope. We ...
Between a reduction in freedoms in the U.S. and an uptick in organized collaboration among autocracies around the world, Freedom House’s most recent Freedom in the World report paints a stark image of ...
GUIYANG -- What draws extreme sports enthusiasts to the remote mountains of Southwest China's Guizhou province? The answer lies in its world-class bridges spanning deep gorges. Since Tuesday, 31 top ...
Because of greater exposure to disruptions in the Middle East, such as high natural gas prices, businesses and consumers outside the U.S. are being hit harder by the war in Iran.
Poor countries face energy shortages and economic crisis as the Gulf conflict disrupts oil supplies, with Pakistan, Egypt and ...
Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on where you look.
He has abducted the president of Venezuela and can do so again if Maduro’s successor upsets him. He has Cuba under sanctions and Greenland under threat. Epstein and aristocratic sleaze will be quietly ...
Olivier De Schutter says that a new economic agenda is needed to tackle the crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse.