The five bourbons that took home the top prizes in this years biggest international spirits competitions. Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1970s and '80s as I did, I quickly realized that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Casey Murphy is a NJ writer specializing in swimming and diving. Jan 03, 2025, 03:36pm EST Jan 03, 2025, 03:58pm EST Athletes of ...

Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further. Source: Copernicus/ECMWF Note: Temperature anomalies relative ...

In 2024, it often felt like it was flooding somewhere in the world. The floods took many forms: coastal homes were inundated as rising seas were pushed ashore by strong storms, torrential amounts of ...

Hopes of keeping global warming below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels have been all but extinguished after new data confirmed 2024 was the first calendar year to see average temperatures breach that ...

Ben Ansell is a professor of comparative democratic institutions at the University of Oxford's Nuffield College. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the host of the What's Wrong with Democracy?

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

Renewables and nuclear provided 40.9% of the world’s power generation in 2024, passing the 40% mark for the first time since the 1940s, according to a new global energy think tank Ember report.