Global Issues

For a lot of people, the path to making a living stops right at the first hurdle. Until we change that, the poverty trap will stay locked.

By mid-February, the amount of sea ice around the world had dropped by more than 2.5 million square kilometers compared to what used to be normal before 2010 — that's what NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center are saying.

In mathematics, the 11th grade scored 1,755 skill points last year, but only 1,709 this year. In reading comprehension, the average score for the grade was 1,715 points in 2023, while this year it dropped to 1,672 points.