I was living in Toronto when I got a call from Dhaka informing me that both had died in a car crash when a truck hit their vehicle. I had known both for so long and so close that it was fami ...

Populations around the world are aging, as mortality and fertility rates fall. While increased longevity represents a remarkable achievement of modern medicine and public health, the steep d ...

The least common expression you’ll hear from the mouths of Bangladeshi children, seemingly, is 'thank you’ or its Bengali version, 'dhan'yabāda’. Give them a gift of ...

Imagine classrooms that feel less like lectures and more like exciting quests. Picture textbooks transformed into interactive adventures. This isn't a scene from a fantasy novel; it' ...

The Czech government is preparing to become government No. 66 to ban corporal punishment to its children and recognize them for what they are ­­- the nation’s most valuable ass ...

"The UN’s relevance is waning and will continue to do so." Faith Mabera In the 1950s, UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld famously quipped that the UN "was not created in ...

We are staring down at the barrel of an automatic rifle, held by a nineteen-year-old. This soldier is one of three giving us a private "escort" through the occupied city of Hebron in the Wes ...