Search results for

Inside production plants, employees are subject to inhumane working conditions, like not being able to use the bathroom upon request.

After becoming an avid bike rider, Jaime Rangel was able to reverse his Type 2 diabetes.

Scientists are working on a way to make a computerized bionic ankle act like a real leg by getting muscles to behave like springs.

Is it one monkey, hearing, seeing and speaking no evil? Or is it three separate monkeys, each displaying but a single virtue? Twitter icon @jonnysun asked his followers and caused a minor uproar.

Teenagers are an overlooked group when it comes to global health. A new report offers often surprising insights into the threats to their health and well-being.

In the small Arab country of Qatar, immigrants outnumber Qatari citizens nine-to-one. Eileen Byrne looks at how this dynamic has affected the country's culture.

The English band is more than its hit song "How You Like Me Now?"

More and more, migrants from Africa and South Asia are traveling through Mexico in an attempt to reach the U.S. border. Some, like Cameroonian migrant George Shenya, are choosing to stay in Mexico.

Banks around the world are being warned to review their computer security systems. SWIFT, the Brussels-based organization that facilitates bank-to-bank transfers, told banking clients of another cyberattack, this time on a commercial bank. In February, hackers managed to steal $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh.

It's especially hard for developing countries to create jobs and foster small businesses to promote growth. But Nigeria took a risk on a massive national contest to find thousands of people with ideas for businesses and did something radical. It gave away millions of dollars to thousands of people who asked for it — and it worked. It is a rare success story for bold economic development programs.