China has had it easy on the world stage, but a key appointment could be about to pose serious challenges to the totalitarian state.

THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not work for the Trump Justice Department or the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel. Yet he helped them out quite a bit last month when, in an unrelated case, he ...

One of the crucial aspects of international goods is their high price elasticity of demand, a concept that plays a ...

The Trump administration has tried to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll international students to bring the university in ...

Columbia University announced it will pay the U.S. government $220 million over three years to settle its dispute with Trump ...

The dismantling of USAID is the culmination of a decade-long realignment of Western approaches to development, inspired by ...

The agency's latest report highlights that 91% of new renewable projects were more cost-effective than new fossil fuel alternatives last year.

The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel ...

Rising debts and the need to repay them mean low-income and middle-income countries are unable to adequately fund health ...

Nebraska in June became the latest state to ban transgender students from girls' sports, following similar bans by the high ...

The International Court of Justice was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the ...