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20 of the largest cities in the world by population, ranked
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA street near Hachiko Square in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.Ken Straiton/Getty Images Demographia measured...
Filipino who helped tame insurgency and pro-poor Indian cancer doctor among Magsaysay awardees
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Philippine university professor who became a peace negotiator and helped ease decades of Muslim...
Biodiversity Is Nearing an ‘Extinction Crisis,’ Animal Researchers Say
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBaby long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are sold at an animal market in Yogyakarta,...
Japan’s population may be shrinking faster than expected amid a broader baby bust in East Asia
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAnother East Asian country is seeing a sharper-than-expected drop in fertility as COVID accelerates...
Pratt Legends Gala to Honor Three Alumni
WWD via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPratt Institute will salute three alumni at its annual Legends event on Nov. 9. Industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue, architect Edward Mazria and the...
Is Southeast Asia Leaning More Toward China? New Survey Shows Mixed Results
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFlags of member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are displayed at a...
Scientists are sounding the alarm about a dangerous problem that will soon affect 2 billion people —...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs the world has gotten hotter, more people are exposed to dangerously high temperatures each year....
Species currently on the verge of extinction
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTwo rhinos on plain. The world is undergoing its sixth mass extinction and a number of species are at risk. If climate change isn't appropriately...
Asians make up most new immigrants to Canada: study
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAsians make up the biggest share of new immigrants to Canada, according to a recent data released by Statistics Canada. As newcomers have become the...
10 Ways the World Got Better In 2022
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarvesting Golden rice from am IRRI field trial in 2010. Twelve years later, the genetically modified rice is finally being grown at scale. Credit -...