The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water ...

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy made it official: The American-dominated liberal world order is over. This is not because the United States proved materially incapable of ...

The world has begun to close out 2025, toasting the end of a year that brought an American pope, precarious peace talks in several parts of the globe and a U.S. president whose impact was felt ...

Searching for the best places to travel? A new report ranks the best cities in the world to visit, plus the most visited cities in the world, the top U.S. city, destinations on the rise and more. Want ...

The story of the world’s wealthiest dynasties over the past year underscores one financial truism: size matters. The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a ...

The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations. By John Yoon Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant, overcrowded ...

The world has a new most populous city. Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo to earn the ...

Resonance, a data and research firm, released its annual ranking of the world's best cities. The company compared more than 400 cities worldwide with populations exceeding 1 million. The top cities ...

What separates the world’s Top 100 courses from the tens of thousands of others? We leave that up to our international panel of 126 expert raters to decide. And because we don’t prescribe a set method ...

The latest ambition of artificial intelligence research — particularly within the labs seeking “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI — is something called a world model: a representation of the ...

BEING RICH is not just about earning more. Prices differ between countries, and a modest salary can go further where things are cheaper. Working hours vary too: some places manage to generate high ...