The Safest Countries in the World, Ranked According to the United NationsNordic countries may top the lists of happiest, most peaceful and cleanest countries in the world. But according to the...
The Most Innovative Countries in the World, As Ranked By the UNThe United Nations agency that guards intellectual property rights has ranked countries according to how innovative they are. Switzerland is...
Today is World Humanitarian Day. Here’s What that MeansIt’s World Humanitarian Day, and this year, the UN is highlighting the hard work and sacrifice of tens of thousands...
Four Ways We Can Use Land Better to Avoid Food Shortages and Prevent a Climate CrisisThe verdict is in: Humans and climate change are putting the land on which we live under immense and growing...
UN Report Finds Opioids Are Responsible for Nearly 400,000 Deaths WorldwideThe global opioid crisis is worse than we thought. Thanks to new and more precise data from India and Nigeria...
Countries with the Highest Murder Rates, Ranked in a New UN ReportArmed conflicts are becoming deadlier as violence intensifies, but a new United Nations (UN) report reveals that actually, intentional homicide...
Major Study Finds that the Global Gag Rule Significantly Increases Abortion RatesIn a first-ever study of its kind, public health researchers have found that prohibiting U.S. aid to any organization that...
The Most (and Least) Peaceful Countries in the World, RankedAfghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world, replacing Syria, according to the latest Global Peace Index published...
Asian Countries Are Off Track to Achieve the Sustainable Development GoalsBad news for Asia and the Pacific: Not a single country in the region is on track to achieve any...
