There was a time when countries thought fewer or no children would give them more welfare. But now, the shrinking population has become a huge threat staring many nations in the eye.

Russia has condemned the United States' fresh sanctions on two of its largest banks, saying they are a direct blow to the Russian population and ordinary citizens.

A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization says.

What if a population just goes on aging with no one to replace it?

Australia says it will provide millions of dollars in reparations to some members of its indigenous population who were forcibly removed from their families as children.

Population stagnation, fertility bust; fact or myth? Have deaths started to exceed births? We’ll check the numbers and see which countries are suffering from this, and of course, its economic impact. The era of high fertility is ending, but why?

Thirty years after sweeping reforms were recommended to end the injustice of Indigenous deaths in Australian custody, a spate of recent fatalities and soaring rates of Aboriginal incarceration have highlighted failures to act.