Many countries have a partial tourism tax that only applies to specific cities or areas most popular with visitors. For ...

Nearly the entire world is breathing dirty air, as a shocking map reveals that just 17 per cent of the world's cities meet ...

Though it has some of the world's most significant reserves, Latin America has not emerged as a key player in the rare earth ...

All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country, India ...

According to the 2025 edition of the IPU–UN Women “Women in politics” map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positi ...

China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

The Philippines has topped a regional chart no one wants to lead: a recent study by Galderma revealed the country ranks sixth globally, and first in Southeast Asia, for prevalence of sensitive skin.

The vast majority of this year’s cases have been in Texas, nearly all of them in people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.

Geneva/New York - New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political ...

Pope Francis' tour spread compassion and fraternity in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore ...