Advocacy group that pushed for the legislation says 9,000 children are married in California every year

Inflation might be a transitory problem.

Rwanda has further expanded access to electricity, with 85.4 percent of households now connected to electricity, up from 64.5% five years ago, as the country steps up efforts to achieve universal elec...

There was a time in American history when everything was about ships. For centuries, power on the seas was necessary for economic success, but U.S. maritime power isn’t what it used to be. That change...

Group calls for sustained federal investment amid turmoil at NIH and other health agencies

There was a time in American history when everything was about ships. For centuries, power on the seas was necessary for economic success, but U.S. maritime power isn’t what it used to be. That change...

There was a time in American history when everything was about ships. For centuries, power on the seas was necessary for economic success, but U.S. maritime power isn’t what it used to be. That change...

The short version: Running has helped me stay alive and want to keep living. This is a way to… Brian Leli needs your support for 100 Miles to Fight Cancer

After a former Anthropic researcher quit and gave a doomsday warning about artificial intelligence, a debate on a human extinction event is raging in the media. Could AI get too smart too fast? Are we...

The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.

Whether it’s while waiting for the train or chilling solo at a cafe, a tiny nation in Southeast Asia is nudging its people toward an increasingly elusive habit: reading.

After a former Anthropic researcher quit and gave a doomsday warning about artificial intelligence, a debate on a human extinction event is raging in the media. Could AI get too smart too fast? Are we...

For Benin, making progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has meant finding new ways to finance development.

Despite high rates of poverty, higher education in Zambia is developing rapidly, increasing access to education for marginalized groups.

Legal betting has exploded in the US. With the phone in your pocket, you can bet on the specific outcome of a game or who will attend the next State of the Union address. But legal betting has plenty ...

A new nonprofit wants to streamline gene therapy for diseases often avoided by pharmaceutical companies — making treatment more like a routine procedure than a bespoke drug.

Uzbekistan’s poverty rate fell from 5.8% to 3.9% in the first eight months of 2026 as authorities expanded employment and income support.

Experts hope they will be a game-changer and cut the nine-year or longer diagnosis waits patients can currently face.

Legal betting has exploded in the US. With the phone in your pocket, you can bet on the specific outcome of a game or who will attend the next State of the Union address. But legal betting has plenty ...

Legal betting has exploded in the US. With the phone in your pocket, you can bet on the specific outcome of a game or who will attend the next State of the Union address. But legal betting has plenty ...

India’s higher education sector has undergone significant expansion over the past decade, marked by a sharp increase in the number of universities and colleges, rising student enrolment, greater parti...

A lifelong fascination with terra incognita led the astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan to map out the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena.

Maps have distorted the true size of the African continent for 500 years, but a new UN resolution is changing that. Progress Network Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas examines this historic shift to...