A jump in measles cases is worrying health experts as outbreaks ravage countries and regions that had eliminated the deadly disease. Conflict, poverty and misinformation about vaccines are threatening years of progress.…
In Nigeria, the gambling industry has seen a huge boom in recent years, benefiting state coffers. One of the most popular games is lotto, but there's a growing addiction among people who…
China's Xi Jinping has made poverty alleviation one of his key policy issues, aiming to lift 70 million people out of severe poverty by 2020. But in that fight, many of China's…
China brought 12.4 million people in its rural areas above the poverty line in 2016 and has vowed to bring the remaining 43.3 million people out of poverty by the year 2020.…