Migration flows into the world’s rich economies are slowing down, according to an OECD report published on Monday. Although overall numbers remain historically high, permanent migration to OECD ...

A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of aging. Many Western countries are facing what the World Bank calls a “profound demographic crisis.” The twin perils of an aging population and record-low ...

The gap between men and women entering care-sector jobs like teaching, nursing, and social work is often larger in more gender-equal countries. A new study links this pattern to economic development ...

The White House. — Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Sarah Silbiger The White House. — Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Sarah Silbiger ...

Year after year, the small, densely forested west African nation of Liberia is facing ever more extreme impacts of the climate crisis, including floods and droughts that wreak havoc for farmers and ...

UN climate conferences are primarily announcement summits. For 30 years, industrialized countries, which are primarily responsible for the climate crisis, have been promising that they will reduce ...

Gold mining operations recently restarted at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex in western Mali after being shut down for several months. In January, the Malian government started blocking exports from the ...

A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of aging. The worst consequences of this demographic shift, per the World Bank, are economic. Soon the shrinking working population in the U.S., Canada, or ...