Earth will be home to 8.8 billion people in 2100, two billion fewer than current United Nations projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates and greying populations. By century’s end, 183 of 195 countries – barring an influx ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns about a “significant resurgence” of cases of the new coronavirus in nearly a dozen European nations, saying the risk of another outbreak has now become a “reality.” WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Henri Kluge said in a statement, “For weeks I have ...