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For the first time in recent history, more Americans live with their parents than with a partner or spouse as a range of socio-economic trends shape their choices and preferences. Among millennials – people born after 1980...

As people in developing countries fume over Panama Papers revelations about corruption of their venal elites, a new research paper has said the cost of corruption is wide-ranging, diminishing prospects of economic growth and advancement of societies....

Cultural diversity is an outstanding source of exchange, innovation and creativity, and has the enormous potential to accelerate sustainable development, the United Nations said, amidst fear-based response to influx of refugees in Europe and discriminatory treatment of...

Almost certain of winning Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton unleashed the bluntest attack yet on Republican rival Donald Trump for his “dangerous” positions on various foreign policy issues, saying he is disqualified to be the U.S. President. Citing Trump’s...

Nearly two-thirds of the global population is expected to live in cities by 2030 and produce as much as 80 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), sparking innovation, reducing poverty and improving the...

How the world responds to the current refugee crisis – compounded by festering Middle Easter conflicts – will be critical to the future of the globe for decades to come, says Angelina Jolie Pitt. The Hollywood star and UN Goodwill Ambassador reminded...

Most Americans want to see the United States focus on its own problems rather than getting involved in global affairs, according to a new survey that also showed increasing support for hike in defense budget to...

Digging deep into the history of pre-Indus Valley civilization and its people along cultural and linguistic lines, a scholar has concluded that Pakistani land is heir to the most ancient civilization known to humankind. Naeem Tahir,...