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In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
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As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, it leaves behind broken and battered Afghan security forces to defend the country from the Taliban and other threats.
Though it took Joe Biden decades to reach the presidency, in terms of style and message, every day counted toward the goal.
U.S. factories are humming again. But the recovery’s speed has left many employers scrambling for workers or for parts.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday deployed a once-obscure law to resurrect Obama-era regulations on methane that the Trump administration had wiped away.
Kamala Harris doesn’t want to talk about clothes. Neither does Jill Biden. You can understand why. But lots of people still want to know what they are wearing.
Auction sales show a schism in the market: speculative buyers flock to crypto art while blue-chip collectors hold back, fearing legal gray areas and copyright issues.
In a single year, the state’s financial outlook has gone from surplus to deficit to surplus as capital gains tax collections have risen amid a soaring stock market and I.P.O. boom.
The unions representing actors and crews are in talks with the studios about extending — and possibly changing — the safety protocols they agreed on in September.
A collaboration between a cattle farmer and a Danish music training program brings regular recitals to pampered livestock.
Prosecutors obtained the search warrants as part of an investigation into whether Rudy Giuliani broke lobbying laws when he was President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer.
The Federal Reserve said the economy had “strengthened” but opted to continue providing support while playing down a rise in inflation.
Aides to the New York governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, repeatedly prevented state health officials from releasing the number of nursing home deaths in the pandemic.