With Africa’s population expected to double in 26 countries by 2050, she underscored the urgency of investing in sustainable food systems. “Securing our agricultural future—including fertiliser ...

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With around 10 million people within its nearly 300 square miles, according to the C.I.A. World Factbook, Tehran is comparable in density to New York City.

Dar es Salaam. In a groundbreaking initiative combining sport and menstrual health education, Michezo Kwa Maendeleo (MIMA, has trained a group of Zanzibar-based sportswomen on safe menstrual practices ...

Department of Data Wait, is America a nation of small towns? NBA Commissioner Adam Silver dropped a bizarre but beguiling statistic about city sizes. Is it true?

Seasonal suitability maps for Aedes aegypti eggs in 200 m resolution covering the urbanized area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for 2019. Credit: The Lancet Planetary Health (2025). DOI: 10.1016/S2542 ...

Aid workers in both the south and north of Gaza tell The Independent that the GHF is not equipped to deal with the dire humanitarian situation in the enclave ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSE to S at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 77 °F (25 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 85 °F (29.4 °C) and ...

A chilling Cold War map showed how up to 75% of the U.S. population could be wiped out in a nuclear war with radioactive fallout.

#8. Bangladesh Bangladesh’s population will be about 176 million in 2025, growing at 1.22%. Its land area is 130,170 km², resulting in a very high density of 1,350 people per km².