The World Bank has said it is suffering a "human capital crisis," with nearly half of children showing stunted growth. Home to hundreds of tribes, PNG has a long history of ethnic warfare.

The World Bank has said it is suffering a "human capital crisis," with nearly half of children showing stunted growth. Home to hundreds of tribes, PNG has a long history of ethnic warfare.

Battles between illegal miners first erupted last week after a landowner was fatally injured in the remote highlands’ province of Enga, home to one of PNG’s largest gold deposits. Local police ...

Tobacco company Vector Group has agreed to be acquired by Japan-based tobacco giant JT Group in a deal worth $2.4 billion. The move represents a significant expansion for JT Group in the U.S. As ...

Let’s put it on the lawn and do it with a DJ,” said St. John. Lost World sells more than just books. They sell kava, kratom, a variety of Asian drinks and coffee. “We feature locally ...

As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Sonia Purnell’s biography of Pamela Harriman argues that the Democratic stalwart and ...

“You Can’t Have It All: The Basic B*tch Guide to Taking the Pressure Off,” out today, comes two years after the former “Vanderpump Rules” star‘s second book “Off With My Head” hit ...

Some readers even consider it one of the first “cozy fantasy” books. “Cozy fantasy” is a subgenre of fantasy. It's all the magic, world-building and adventure of traditional fantasy ...

stuffy textbooks and dry biographies of dead world leaders. But I’ll never forget the unfamiliar mix of emotions that seized me when I read the first page of the book’s prologue ...

Israel carried out one of the most intense bombardments of the past year, as warplanes launched 70 airstrikes, Lebanese security officials said. The barrage came shortly after Hezbollah’s leader ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. This week, Sophie Vershbow asked English teachers, librarians, writers, and readers ...