In Geneva, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced his peaceful death after a short undisclosed illness with "immense sadness", saying he was surrounded in his last days by his second wife Nane and children Ama, Kojo and Nina.
Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.
The World Meteorological Organization says atmospheric concentrations of CO2 surged to a new record level in 2016. That puts even greater pressure for countries to cut carbon pollution to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Three recent experiments at particle colliders around the world have turned up results that seem to flout the rules of physics. It may result in finding a new particle.
American climate scientists are responding to a plea made by French President Emmanuel Macron after President Donald Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
Staffan de Mistura ruled out any breakthrough at this week's negotiations to end a war that has claimed more than 320,000 lives and displaced more than half of Syria's population. But he pointed to a new ceasefire brokered with US and Russian help, covering three provinces in southern Syria, as one source of hope.
In the face of Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump, it fell to Chinese President Xi Jinping to defend globalization at the annual world economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
The southern Swiss canton of Ticino voted to block access to jobs in their region to foreign residents, despite Switzerland's association with the European Union and its open markets requirement.
Adults in Switzerland could be in for a windfall, under a proposal set for a national referendum. The government would provide every adult $2,750 a month, every month, in what's known as a "basic income." One economist says it's not as whacky as it may seem to us.
A photo of three pioneering women doctors has been circulating in social media -- but they're not wearing white lab coats. They're wearing culturally significant dress and they represent the first women doctors from their countries, back in the 1800s.
Climate change is going to throw a host of new problems at agriculture. Now some researchers say one of the solutions to these problems is microbes. In particular, fungi.
Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.
Three recent experiments at particle colliders around the world have turned up results that seem to flout the rules of physics. It may result in finding a new particle.
Surrealist artist H.R. Giger has died after a fall in his home. Giger was an inspiration to a generation of artists, writers and movie-makers. He was the guy who drew the face-sucking space parasite, Alien.
Switzerland is often held up by gun rights advocates as a model of what the United States could be with the right gun laws. But many in Switzerland say, not so fast. They point to already tightened restrictions and a, crucially, a healthcare safety net that lets fewer people go witout treatment.
American climate scientists are responding to a plea made by French President Emmanuel Macron after President Donald Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
The World Meteorological Organization says atmospheric concentrations of CO2 surged to a new record level in 2016. That puts even greater pressure for countries to cut carbon pollution to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
$2750 a month for every adult, guaranteed? Switzerland's considering it
PRI's The World
October 14, 2013
Adults in Switzerland could be in for a windfall, under a proposal set for a national referendum. The government would provide every adult $2,750 a month, every month, in what's known as a "basic income." One economist says it's not as whacky as it may seem to us.
Economics
Swiss voters reject a plan to give everyone a guaranteed basic income
PRI's The World
May 23, 2016
Updated
The plan would have given every adult citizen $2,600 per month. For free. Voters questioned how exactly it would be paid for and implemented.
Health & Medicine
Historical photos circulating depict women medical pioneers
PRI's The World
July 15, 2013
A photo of three pioneering women doctors has been circulating in social media -- but they're not wearing white lab coats. They're wearing culturally significant dress and they represent the first women doctors from their countries, back in the 1800s.
Science, Tech & Environment
The future of agriculture may be too small to see. Think microbes
PRI's The World
July 02, 2014
Climate change is going to throw a host of new problems at agriculture. Now some researchers say one of the solutions to these problems is microbes. In particular, fungi.
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
PRI's The World
May 18, 2018
Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.
Technology
In small collisions, scientists find big new physics questions
Science Friday
August 07, 2017
Three recent experiments at particle colliders around the world have turned up results that seem to flout the rules of physics. It may result in finding a new particle.
Arts, Culture & Media
The life and work of surrealist genius, H.R.Giger
PRI's The World
May 13, 2014
Surrealist artist H.R. Giger has died after a fall in his home. Giger was an inspiration to a generation of artists, writers and movie-makers. He was the guy who drew the face-sucking space parasite, Alien.
Global Politics
As gun control debate rages, Switzerland offers interesting correlation -- but is it real?
PRI's The World
January 31, 2013
Switzerland is often held up by gun rights advocates as a model of what the United States could be with the right gun laws. But many in Switzerland say, not so fast. They point to already tightened restrictions and a, crucially, a healthcare safety net that lets fewer people go witout treatment.
Global Politics
US scientists answer France’s call to come ‘make our planet great again’
PRI's The World
August 01, 2017
American climate scientists are responding to a plea made by French President Emmanuel Macron after President Donald Trump announced the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
Science
There's more CO2 in the atmosphere now than any point in almost a million years
PRI's The World
October 30, 2017
The World Meteorological Organization says atmospheric concentrations of CO2 surged to a new record level in 2016. That puts even greater pressure for countries to cut carbon pollution to avoid catastrophic climate change.