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The recent report from the World Bank indicates that 8.5% of the global population is living in extreme poverty.

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Even in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest birth rates in the world, those rates are falling dramatically in ...

Explore the top 10 most congested cities worldwide, from London to Bengaluru, where daily traffic delays cause significant time lost on the road.

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As the world's population get older, there's growing concern about increased rates of Parkinson's disease. From 1990 to 2015, ...

In one refugee settlement in Chad, estimates are that 97% of the Sudanese residents are women and children. Here's how four ...

As Australia's population nears 30 million, this is the story of how we got here and where we might be heading next.