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On a global level, religious groups expand and shrink due to a mix of factors. Demographic factors, such as age structure, fertility and mortality (or life expectancy), tell us whether people in ...

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A study published in JAMA projects a staggering 47% of American adults will be living with obesity by 2035, citing the country’s rapidly rising rates ...

Not all states have gotten hit equally hard. The reasons are complex. By Brad Plumer Harry Stevens and Rebecca F. Elliott Millions of Americans have watched with dismay as their electricity bills have ...

In California, a home insurance rate increase by State Farm is yet another sign of growing crisis driven by climate change. By David Gelles Just months after fires devastated parts of Los Angeles, one ...

Wednesday’s executive order by President Donald Trump to place a tariff on all foreign imports was a follow-up on repeated promises to enact global reciprocal tariffs. The so-called “Liberation Day” ...

The Bank of England (BoE) announced on Thursday its decision to cut interest rates to 4.00 per cent, a third cut of the year. For August’s vote, the bank’s nine-person Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ...