It’s as if the show’s creators absorbed every important conversation in health care today—and somehow transfigured it into ...

One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

The Venezuelan regime had high-powered air defense systems from its allies in the Kremlin, but failed to set much of it up. By Maria Abi-HabibEric SchmittChristiaan Triebert and Julian E. Barnes ...

January 9, 2026 • A new NPR/Ipsos poll found Americans across the political spectrum want the U.S. to be the moral leader of the world, but far fewer believe it actually is. January 7, 2026 • After a ...

From a legendary Alpine range to a less-traveled but no less stunning alternative to the Mediterranean, here are the year’s must-visit destinations, handpicked by National Geographic’s editors, ...

Delcy Rodríguez, a guerrilla’s daughter, started out as a provocateur. She pivoted to revive a ravaged economy, making her vital to U.S. plans to run Venezuela. By Simon Romero and Anatoly Kurmanaev ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up its pressure campaign on the Federal Reserve, threatening to indict Chair Jerome Powell over comments to Congress about a building renovation ...

Our kidneys work nonstop, filtering blood, removing toxins, and carrying out other essential functions. With age, our kidneys can gradually slow down, and this process can be exacerbated through poor ...

The months after the release of the June 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update have offered a glimpse of how difficult rekindling economic activity will be while the pandemic surges. During May and ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the ...