Business
Sri Lanka is struggling to prevent a repeat of its spectacular economic collapse four years ago, as the prolonged Middle East war compounds the...
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Social Media
The video of the Rocinha favela has exploded on social media at a time when the city is drawing record tourist numbers.
Life
They feel imprisoned "like a bird whose wings have been torn off" but struggle on, defiant in their own way.
Life
People adapt to drafty windows and outdated plumbing because the disruption of renovation feels worse than the problem itself. This creates a quiet crisis...
World
After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh’s 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission. Yunus will...
World
For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman’s health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya’s arid...
Life
As the global population grows, the pressure to produce nutritious food more efficiently continues to increase.
Tech & Science
For many Americans, midlife is no longer a plateau—it’s a pressure point.
Life
The science suggests that unaffordable housing contributes to the mental health crisis by keeping people in a constant state of stress.
News
The Trump administration issued a series of executive actions that upended global health and humanitarian programs around the world.