Almost everything seems new or under construction in the southern Brazilian city of Hortolandia, from its wide avenues and ...

The U.S. must also recognize that associations in general and civil society organizations in particular are critical to the realization of human rights. These organizations play an essential role in ...

Renewable energy and climate change activists have challenged African heads of state to take a united stance to safeguard essential mineral resources.

The world took a historic step in the fight against tobacco when the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) came into force—the first legally binding global ...

Governments are in a panic over a single demographic issue—not deaths, disease, life expectancy, urbanization, immigration, ...

On Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo’s eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug up by quarry miners in Bulawayo.

Mexico has seen several attempts at assembling electric vehicles (EVs), powered by rechargeable batteries, which have faced challenges related to industrial scale, supply chains, and competitiveness ...

Wrongfully accused of 'causing droughts,’ a group of LGBTQ people in Zimbabwe involved themselves in climate-smart ...

The World Bank pulled the plug on the Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA) project in January 2025 after intense scrutiny from human ...

New technologies have the potential to improve the relationship between governments and citizens. Tax portals, customs IT systems and online services have simplified interactions with public ...

Meir is a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University ...

I got ready the fastest I could, adrenaline kicking in, curiosity and excitement peaking. I rushed out of my cabin, opened ...