Today NASA and NOAA dropped their annual analysis of global temperatures: Last year was tied with 2018 as the sixth-hottest ever, but cooler than 2020. A good sign, right? Yeah, no. Not in the least. ...

Pew Research Center has been tracking restrictions on religion around the world since 2007. We divide these restrictions into two categories: actions by governments and actions by private individuals ...

A trio of issues that featured in the news agenda of 2020 carried into 2021 and none of them are out of sight yet. Coronavirus, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, and ethylene oxide ...

Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could be making the numbers seem more ...

Carbon emissions from wildfires broke records around the world this summer, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Parts of Siberia produced their highest ...

Los Angeles International Airport was the fifth-busiest airport in the world in 2021, the airport announced Monday, based on preliminary figures released by the Airports Council International World.

Seattle is experiencing "unhealthy levels" of air pollution due to the Bolt Creek Fire. Portland is number two for worst air quality, ranking above two cities in China, also due to a fire. The top ten ...

A lot happened in 2021. Some of it broke world records, inspired creativity and revealed wonder. Guinness World Records told USA TODAY as of September 2021 there were 58,000 verified entries this year ...

A look at the movements that defined 2021 in the art world, and how they may evolve in the year ahead. Installation view of "Frida: La Experiencia Immersiva." Photo by Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty ...

According to a new report, the most popular smartphone in the world for the year of 2021 wasn’t an iPhone, or a high-end Android phone, but rather Samsung’s affordable Galaxy A12. Given its smaller ...

Only one word best describes the world of wrestling in 2021, and that word is “weird.” Pretty much nothing went as it should or as people predicted: the pandemic continued to disrupt independent and ...