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In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]
A regulatory standard complicates a bid by Rupert Murdoch and his family, owners of the scandal-plagued Fox News, to gain complete control of the Sky satellite and cable network.
As school districts struggle under the burden of unpaid lunch debt, many of them resort to tactics that stigmatize children.
Congressional leaders reached a spending agreement on Sunday, aides from both parties said, effectively ending the threat of a government shutdown next weekend.
This metropolis was once a total work of art, epitomizing the religious and political system that ran China for millennia. The remnants of that time are being restored anew.
New York’s subway is struggling with old infrastructure and overcrowding. The M.T.A.’s failure to modernize its signal system is a crucial example.
Cetys University is making an ambitious bid to become the first Mexican member of the N.C.A.A.
The president, using an obscure law, has signed 13 bills that erased Obama-era rules in areas like the environment, financial protections, internet privacy and gun rights.
The hedge fund Paulson & Company manages just under $10 billion today, down from $36 billion in 2011.
The militant group that has engaged in violent resistance against Israel is pushing for closer ties to Egypt and says it would accept a provisional Palestinian state.
While identical twins often share a fate, fraternal twins typically don’t, a divergence that offers clues to researchers. But one case is confounding these expectations.
The actress best known for “Precious” and “Empire” sheds guilt and discomfort with her new memoir, “This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare.”
The reshuffling comes as investors increasingly abandon active money managers in favor of less expensive exchange-traded funds.