For years, a rumor has circulated that McDonald's employees in Denmark make $22 per hour and get six weeks of paid time off.

The minimum hourly wage, taking into account the exchange rate in December 2024, came to just under $20. But with overtime, ...

Some perspective: Canada’s new guidelines define “low risk” as a one-in-1,000 chance of premature death owing to alcohol.

The company, which accounts for a quarter of e-commerce sales in India, trails behind Flipkart, a local e-commerce rival that ...

But there is no reason to catastrophise or give up hope. If other continents can prosper, so can Africa. It is time its ...

At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity. And unless Africa finds a ...

Most of the population growth expected over the rest of the 21st century is expected to take place in Africa. These new ...

Part pop record, part zeitgeist moment. (This album spawned its own idiom: “Brat summer”.) In an age of focus-grouped relatability, the British singer-songwriter is refreshingly brash—and ...

The scheme is modelled partly on that of London, where since 2003 a daily charge (currently £15, or $19) has reduced the number of cars, improved air quality and funded transit upgrades. New York’s ...

Yet the architect of many of the reforms which attracted those institutions is concerned about the headwinds faced by African ...

Photo: Sebastián Astorga Uruguay has been recognized as the only full democracy in South America and the leading democracy in Latin America, according to the Democracy Index 2023 compiled by the ...

The Economist picks a country of the year. The winner is not the richest, happiest or most virtuous place, but the one that ...