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Kansas City is now being considered to host the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It’s one of 14 cities included in the bid book ...

The meditative ad joyful benefits of painting changed John Bird's life. Politicians could learn a lot from the slow process.

This excerpt is from Road to Election, a political talk show hosted by Shakhawat Liton, Executive Editor of The Business Standard. The guest is Dr Zahid Hussain, former Lead Economist at the World ...

BENGALURU: Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, disabled people, to a large extent, remain invisible when ...

Over Thanksgiving week the talk of the economically focused internet was a viral essay claiming, absurdly, that the real poverty line in America for a family of four is $140,000 a year.

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For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help ...

Developing countries which host most of the world's refugees could close their borders if Western states persist with aid ...

While there is more than enough food produced to feed the world's population, hunger and food insecurity persist.