If you’re an expectant parent open to relocation, you might want to consider Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, and Portugal. These are the wealthy countries that offer the strongest overall family-friendly policies, according to a new analysis by the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF.
Last week, a video of a dad talking to his 19-month-old son broke the internet.
On Monday (June 3), an emotional, three-year inquiry into Canada’s treatment of aboriginal women came to an end—though the process of national reconciliation is only just beginning.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced today that his country will invest C$1.4 billion (US$1 billion) annually in women’s and girls’ health around the world, including C$700 million for sexual and reproductive health.
For decades, America has thought of itself as a “shining city on a hill” (paywall), a beacon of democracy and liberalism for the rest of the world to follow. But globally, that reputation has been tarnished in the eyes of many, partially as a result of the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental protections, human rights, and, most recently, abortion rights. Now a top UN official has accused the US of catching a bug of illiberalism—and of passing it on to the rest of the world.
Childcare in America is very expensive. Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren—you guessed it—has a plan for that.
This week’s European Parliament elections will have immediate political consequences for many member states, and will serve as a referendum (paywall) on the 60-year experiment in cross-continental democracy that is the European Union. Thousands of kilometers away, another stakeholder in the bloc, one with an increasing amount of clout, will also be closely watching.
This week, millions of people from 28 different countries will elect a new European Parliament. With dozens of parties vying for those votes, it’s no surprise that some will go to great lengths to set themselves apart—including trying to catch voters’ attention with posters and slogans that are either creative or cringeworthy, depending on which side of the political spectrum you’re on.
Europeans haven’t had a great experience with referendums lately, but Switzerland has proven to be the exception. On Sunday (May 19), Swiss voters overwhelmingly agreed to enact stricter gun control laws to comply with changes in European Union regulations.
Iceland’s majestic Fjadrárgljúfur Canyon was once a relatively little-known destination. It was a place where locals and a few adventurous tourists could go to admire pristine lakes and bedrock formed at the end of the last Ice Age—and disconnect from the outside world.
Researchers from the China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Pandas have developed an app that could recognize individual pandas using facial recognition technology, the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday (May 17).
The US and UK have a “special relationship,” but on Sunday (May 19), a wide gulf will separate Americans from Brits—and it’s all because of Game of Thrones.
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest was a celebration of Europe’s musical talents. It was also very political, including during last night’s final in Tel Aviv, Israel, during which the Netherlands won the top spot.
On average, one in five American kids live in households that qualify as poor by federal government standards.
Updates are annoying. But you really need to update WhatsApp on your phone.
Serbia: 10 years. Montenegro: 11 years. North Macedonia: 14.
The founder of Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis, invented the holiday to honor her mother’s work ethic and strength. Then she spent the rest of her life rebelling against it.
During the evening hours of May 9 in northern Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, French military commandos made their way toward four sheds. Inside, they believed, terrorists were holding two French tourists who were kidnapped while traveling in neighboring Benin a week earlier. When the soldiers arrived, they were surprised to find not just six terrorists and two French hostages, but also an American and South Korean hostage.
The United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union. Sort of. At some point. Maybe.
The Islamic State announced through its Amaq News Agency on Friday (May 10) that it has established its first “province” in India, Reuters reports.
Karolina Kartus thinks she would be in a very different place in her life if it wasn’t for her mother. The 29-year-old from Warsaw, Poland, recently left a career in marketing to launch her own social impact business. None of it would have been possible, she says, without her mother Mariola, a former judge who now manages her own law firm, and who showed Kartus that “there is no limit.”
Seven-year-old Emma McGee used to hate coming to the laundromat. It was boring, and seemed to take forever. In fact she would always ask—unsuccessfully—to stay home with her older brother, Aiden. But things have gotten more interesting since a play space appeared in the back corner of Lavanderia Express IV, a large laundromat nestled next to a family dollar store in the Bronx where Emma and her mother, Venus, come every week.
In 2015 and 2016, researchers asked 348 high school students in the US to complete five tasks determining whether a set of social media posts and articles on issues ranging from gun laws to climate change were reliable and trustworthy.
Belgians are known for their waffles, fries, and castles. But there’s something else the country should be famous for: its impeccable voting record. A stunning 90% of registered voters cast a ballot in the country’s national elections last year, as well as in the last European Parliament elections in 2014.
