It's called parametric insurance, it offers protection for climate-related wage losses and it's gaining ground in India.

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Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, ...

Federal tax credits for rooftop solar, heat pumps and other energy-efficient technologies are going away at the end of the ...

Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town ...

Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ones is a challenging part of restoration projects. Even when done well, ...

Threats to $140 million in funds for public health departments battling fentanyl overdoses comes as some experts see the ...

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President ...

The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than ...

In Colombia, drug gangs are waging a new kind of war — by air. Armed with cheap drones, they're targeting rivals in a ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel on Wednesday conducted airstrikes in downtown Damascus, the Syrian capital. The Israeli military said the targets included the Syrian government's military headquarters as ...

Seesawing tariffs and turbulent financial markets are playing out on social media feeds, impacting the multibillion-dollar influencer industry in what could be a new recession indicator.