The Globalist

Half of the top ten have had women heads of government or state.

Which countries led the way on women leaders and which are outliers at the top?

Has Iraq’s extensive use of the death penalty done anything to deter terrorism?

There is a recent decline of capital punishment in one of the two remaining industrialized nations with the death penalty.

Iran is likely the world’s second-most prolific user of the death penalty.

A recent mass execution puts into focus Saudi Arabia’s heavy use of the death penalty.

Americans outwork many peers abroad because their hourly productivity isn’t compensated enough.

How much do Germans work and how well are they compensated for that work?

A push to vaccinate 45 million children, despite Boko Haram’s brutal insurgency, pushed Nigeria off the endemic list.

Why do Greek workers have to work such long hours to stay afloat?