Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the region’s 270 known species ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of January 26-30. DOMESTIC WORKERS’ RIGHTS DAY (H 3417): House 156-0, approved a bill that would ...

For anyone in Ohio watching South America at the end of January, the spreadsheets still look reassuring. USDA’s January WASDE and the latest official Brazilian and Argentine surveys describe a 2025-26 ...

A new report by the Christian charity Open Doors has highlighted which countries have the most extreme levels of Christian persecution worldwide. The advocacy group said that Christian persecution was ...

Many married women in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have the freedom to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Global data show that only 37% of women in the region aged 15-49 can make ...

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

Shark and ray populations are struggling across the world due to overfishing and other threats. A new report delineates 816 areas of the ocean that should be protected to help them recover. The report ...

From country outlines to continental and world maps, this geography quiz will put your map skills to the ultimate test. With 33 countries and 33 maps, each one is either flipped or rotated, ...

President Donald Trump says raising interest rates keeps the US from being successful during a speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. How Trump U-turned on ...

Massachusetts is the state closest to the World Health Organization (WHO) threshold for elimination of cervical cancer.

The rate check demonstrates yet another tool in the intervention toolbox that can keep the JPY from falling too far amid opposing monetary and fiscal objectives. While it may be essential for the ...