Every four years, the FIFA World Cup lands in a new country and with it comes an almost inevitable wave of controversy. From ...

Researchers advise how to close the policy-implementation gap as a new report shows how the WHO European region is falling ...

Every Olympic host city or region has a specific type of culture that is woven into the Olympic Games. There are elements of food, language and art that are so cherished and beloved that they are ...

Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.

Investors and project developers are becoming concerned about wind and solar power as climate change fuels increasingly ...

In geometry, there are surfaces that do without an inside or outside—and some need at least four dimensions to exist ...

Modern policy-making’s central challenge is not defining goals, but managing complex, interwoven causes across multiple ...

The Nusantara world developed as a maritime and pluralistic zone. Often described as existing “under the monsoon cloud,” it ...

Study reveals rising artemisinin resistance in Africa, echoing Asia's past, urging urgent action to prevent widespread crisis.

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic. The region’s 500-year transformation into a Catholic ...