World

U.S. and Canadian flags wave in the wind next to Blue Water Bridge, which connects Port Huron, Mich., and Point...

Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years

Most healthy soybean fields like this one in Minnesota rely on fertilizer. Richard Hamilton Smith/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via...

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud

Federal agents execute a search in December 2025 tied to potential Medicaid fraud in Bloomington, Minn. Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty...

Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline

Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official development assistance, the technical term for...

Changes to Facebook and Instagram are key part of Meta’s $17B settlement with the states over harm to teens

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg chose to settle a landmark lawsuit against his company. Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty ImagesMeta has agreed...

Ghana’s businesses don’t always need costly tech. How to build on what’s already been done

Across Africa, governments are promoting industrialisation while encouraging businesses to reduce waste and keep materials in use for longer. Many...

Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America’s fast-growing cities

A man walks through a tiny home village in Sun Valley, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2026. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles...

Did Kenya’s Gen Z protests achieve anything? An economist weighs up what’s changed and what’s stayed the same

Kenyans protest a state attempt to increase taxes in June 2024. Unsplash, CC BYKenya’s Gen Z-led protests of 2024 drew...

Before Trump, some states had already ended affirmative action for contractors – here’s what happened