Growing support for far-right parties is pressuring European governments to introduce stricter controls on immigration.

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.

Although Pakistan’s population growth rate has slowed to 1.82 per cent annually, the country is still adding millions of ...

High-speed internet is reaching deeper into developing markets, pulling millions into the online economy. Expanding mobile ...

New research led by the University of St Andrews has created the most comprehensive maps to date of the distribution of gray ...

India’s top 10 per cent capture 58 per cent of national income while the poorest half receive only 15 per cent, the World ...

It is hard to imagine a more bloodless act of contempt by the Myanmar junta for its own population than the military’s direct ...

President Yoweri Museveni views investment in energy as one of the fastest ways to transform a society and reduce poverty. Multiple studies back this perspective. One such study by the World Bank and ...

African migration to the United States has grown steadily over the past two decades, driven by employment opportunities, ...

Cases of tuberculosis are rising in the UK and US, and experts are urging that a holistic approach to treatment is the best ...

Australia’s housing crisis didn’t happen by accident. It is the predictable result of political decisions, and while our ...

Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of ...