When President Joe Biden announced a new immigration executive action last month that would protect an estimated 500,000 migrants from deportation, it was a political decision guaranteed to cause a ...

Searching for the safest countries and the safest cities to visit? An annual report ranks the safest places in the world—with Iceland coming out on top. ByLaura Begley Bloom, Senior Contributor.

When countries are ranked for the size of their economies or their overall gross wealth, the U.S. is usually at the top of the list, followed by countries like China, Japan or Germany. But sorting ...

Each year, the World Happiness Report attracts attention with rankings that label some countries as the “happiest” and others as the “unhappiest.” These lists often spark national pride, ...

A new year is a fitting time to commit to big-picture goals — and for some, that can mean a dream of living abroad. And thanks to the rise of remote work, new visa programs and tax incentives that ...

The world is way off track for preventing “climate catastrophe,” and scientists are sounding the alarm that time is running out to slash fossil fuels. Data from Climate Action Tracker, an independent ...

The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five additional countries and imposing new limits on travelers from other countries, officials announced Tuesday, as part of an effort ...

Universal basic income and guaranteed basic income programs offer unconditional, recurring payments. Basic income pilots are active in the US but have also been tried worldwide. Countries like Kenya ...

The administration gave the nations 60 days to fix concerns, according to a State Department cable. The president already imposed a full or partial ban on citizens of 19 countries. By Charlie Savage ...