China’s birth rate fell to a record low last year despite attempts to boost it
Despite government efforts to boost fertility, China's birth rate fell to a record low in 2025.
Despite government efforts to boost fertility, China's birth rate fell to a record low in 2025.
It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes. (Image credit: Mahmoud Illean)
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.(Image credit: Mark Baker)
In his second term, the president is embracing a foreign policy that breaks sharply from U.S. tradition. Both supporters and critics say he's upending a global system in place for 80 years.(Image credit: Ariana Cubillos)
European leaders will meet for an emergency summit Thursday to form an official response to President Trump's pursuit of Greenland and his threat of tariffs for any country that tries to stop him.
India radically tightened its rules on egg donation to make it altruistic, but that move triggered a vibrant black market for human eggs.
Tension is high as the World Economic Forum in Davos opens and President Trump threatens Europe over Greenland.
The coastal corridor from Lagos to Abidjan is shaping into a West African megalopolis. Starting in Lagos, Nigeria, we navigate the chaos, the checkpoints, and the road that could change it all.
The prime minister of Norway says President Trump cited the Nobel Prize as a reason for not pursuing a peaceful resolution on Greenland.