The move follows the arrest of an Afghan national accused in the shooting of two National Guard members over Thanksgiving ...

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.

In this article, we’ll list the most advanced countries to discuss their economic and human development status. For a shorter list, you can go to 10 Most Developed Countries in the World Heading into ...

Switzerland regained the top spot on U.S. News & World Report's list of best countries in the world. The 2024 rankings assessed 89 countries on factors including heritage, power, and entrepreneurship.

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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 ...

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 ...

The aftermath of a global pandemic re-shuffles Global Finance’s ranking of the world’s safest countries. With the world turned upside-down and inside-out by international conflict—Russia’s war in ...

In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue ...

Just under 90% of overall respondents to the global survey that informs U.S. News’ Best Countries rankings agreed to some extent in 2024 with the statement, “Women should be entitled to the same ...

Today (May 22) is World Biodiversity Day. In celebration, below is a look at the world’s ten most biodiverse countries as measured by species richness. This list takes a simplified approach, created a ...

Retirement ages vary worldwide, from between 66 and 67 in the US to 57 for women in Colombia. The normal retirement age is when people are eligible for full retirement benefits without penalty.