After more than three years of discussion, the World Health Organization’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has agreed on a proposal to prevent, prepare and respond to a pandemic. The plan is ...

Pfizer Halts Obesity-Drug Development. What It Means for Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk.

The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 147 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.

The court, established to prosecute serious crimes under the Rome Statute, has 125 member states as of April 2025.

Members who are reluctant to send their own troops to Ukraine can instead deploy soldiers to neighboring countries or provide ships, aircraft, intelligence, tanks, or other support. An outline ...

Therefore, countries with a goods trade surplus over the U.S. are now among those expected to be hit by tariffs. This map shows these countries and the U.S. goods trade deficits: Meanwhile ...

Finland once again took the top spot on the World Happiness Report, an annual ranking based on survey responses from the residents of more than 140 countries. Now in its 13th year, the report is ...

The 2026 World Cup, which is taking place in the United States, Canada and Mexico, begins on June 11 next year. It will be the 23rd edition of the tournament and the first with 48 countries competing.

Despite the cautions, all four countries stopped short of recommending against travel, instead urging nationals to stay informed. Susanne Branner Jespersen, head of secretariat LGBT+ Denmark ...

For the eighth year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world, while the United States hits a new low. Plus, more on the state of happiness and well-being around the globe.

The World Happiness Report has once again revealed the happiest countries on the planet, with some surprise movers and shakers. The report makes use of Gallup data to track how citizens around the ...

The report draws on Gallup World Poll data from people in more than 140 countries. Countries are ranked on happiness based on their average life evaluations over the three preceding years ...