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In South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest countries, the efforts by Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump are already leading ...

At a time when it appears that "might is right", an index has ranked the most powerful nations in the world, which may make ...

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The campaign against civil service lethargy draws on a noble tradition of anarchic, anti-bureaucratic socialism.

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Yet, in many countries, women (especially poor women) have less say than men when it comes to decisions and resources in their households. Women are also much more likely to suffer domestic ...

Unhappily, Canada has been economically a lot more like slow-to-stagnant Western Europe for the past 20 years than like its ...

The countries offering the longest and shortest ... ‘India is a vast country with great wealth inequality between the richest and poorest. 'Disparities in life expectancy not only exist ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek was thousands of miles into his Out of Eden Walk when he had to pause his journey ...