Most of the population growth expected over the rest of the 21st century is expected to take place in Africa. These new ...

At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity. And unless Africa finds a ...

You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...

President Joe Biden blocked the $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel — something he had first vowed ...

Indeed, strategists across Wall Street remain bullish for 2025 with an average forecast of a 14 percent gain for the S&P 500, according to the 16 firms tracked by Opening Bell Daily. The Magnificent ...

In their new book, "The New World Economy in 5 Trends," Koen De Leus and Philippe Gijsels predict a future in which neutral interest rates are higher, technology is transformative and the urgency of ...

Cities are often described as engines of economic growth. We assess this statement quantitatively. We focus on two mechanisms: a static agglomeration effect that makes production in bigger cities more ...

Overindebtedness, overbuilding and overcapacity are causing problems at home and abroad.

Ukraine was the fastest shrinking country in the world as the Russian invasion is driving its citizens from their homeland in ...

Overall, the predictions are largely similar to those made by Goldman Sachs in 2024, with the exception of Russia.

The collapse of U.S. commercial shipping and shipbuilding poses a national-security risk, according to a growing chorus in ...

America's national debt has ebbed and flowed over its approximately 250-year history, hitting $75 million during the Revolutionary War before briefly shrinking to zero in the 1830s under President ...