Not many people paid attention when, on a humid June morning, 40MW of electricity began making its way from the rivers in central Nepal to the grids of northern Bangladesh. There was no grand summit, ...

National Statistics Office data show six percent of maternal deaths were due to self-harm (suicide), with most cases occurring during pregnancy.

In "To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform", Howard proposed self-contained communities of 30,000 residents surrounded by agricultural green belts to integrate the benefits of city and country ...

Tea is the world’s most widely consumed beverage after water, and almost every language in the world calls it by one of two ...

A record 6 French players are among 23 international players from 15 countries selected in the 2025 NBA Draft.

U.S. aid to Israel soared to billions of dollars annually. The Pentagon built Iran’s military into one of the largest in the ...

Sports betting has transformed from a niche hobby into a nearly $1 trillion global phenomenon, thanks to online betting sites, live odds, and a cultural shift that integrates wagering into the ...

Rising temperatures fuel extreme weather disasters across continent, threatening billions of lives and causing widespread ...

Either you grow and adopt, or you die,” says Jochen Wirtz, a professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore ...

In 2015, when the first global measurement of plastic waste revealed an average of 8.5 million tons flow offshore every year, ... Among the next 19 countries on a Top 20 list, 11 are in Asia.

The region contributes about 50% of all new cancer cases (9.2 million) and over half of cancer deaths (5.1 million) worldwide each year.

Across the Asia Pacific, birth rates are declining faster than anywhere else in the world—but this can be countered with ...