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Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain

The Next Industrial Revolution Is Coming to Southeast Asia

But is the region ready for it?

Online Education Can Help Africa—But it Can’t Solve its Critical Need For Real Schools

In January, Liberia’s education ministry announced it had outsourced the country’s failing primary-education system to a privately run American educational company called Bridge International Academies. The $11 million, one-year pilot program launched a fevered debate...

Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced

Here's Why Global Markets are Panicking Right Now

China is showing two faces to the world, one worrying and the other moderately encouraging

The 1 Thing on Everybody's Mind at Davos 2016

Most want to know when will the great revolution in technology actually deliver enough jobs

Global Pay Gap Could Take 118 Years to Close

Women are currently paid what their male counterparts earned in 2006

Kerry and Hollande Call for Intensified Fight Against Terrorism

"This fight will not be decided on the battlefield, but in the classrooms," Kerry says

Thought Leaders at Davos See Opportunities in 2015

Amid global crises thought leaders find reasons to be hopeful

Terror Holds Nigeria Back

Terrorism is the most pressing of many issues facing Nigeria, TIME's Rana Foroohar writes after a visit to Abuja, amid the government's sluggish response to the April kidnapping of almost 300 girls by the militant Islamic group Boko Haram

An Hour With Africa's Richest Man

I’m waiting for Aliko Dangote. Everyone is. Africa’s richest man, worth $24.7 billion (more than Carl Icahn, George Soros and any number of lesser Western billionaires) is probably the most in-demand person at the World...

Africa's Middle Class Is at the Crossroads

Nigeria's 8% growth and 233 missing girls pinpoint the continent's challenges

Police: Boko Haram abducts 8 more Nigerian girls

New kidnapping comes as outrage grows in Nigeria and abroad over government's inability to rescue 276 schoolgirls abducted in April

Expand Women's Corporate Leadership

As an opportunity to highlight women's contributions, International Women's Day has always served to commemorate the cutting edge of the global women’s movement, from demanding better working conditions in US sweatshop factories of the early...

Whom to Watch at the World Economic Forum in Davos

As the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off Tuesday in the snowbound Swiss town of Davos, more than 40 heads of state and government will be competing to make a lasting impression, for themselves and...

One Stat to Destroy Your Faith in Humanity: The World’s 85 Richest People Own as Much as the 3.5 Billion Poorest

The world's 85 richest individuals now own as much as the poorest half of the 7 billion global population, according to a report released by Oxfam on Monday. The leading anti-poverty charity called on the...